What's New
To more accurately reflect surgical wait times, days that
patients indicate they are unavailable for surgery are no
longer included when calculating wait times. This change was
recommended by the SSCN.
The number of patients waiting continued to drop in the first
quarter of 2006-07. About 550 fewer people are waiting for
surgery to be performed in Regina and Saskatoon.
This spring, Saskatoon Health Region added 630 new paediatric
dental surgeries to the Web site, because these procedures
will be provided in hospital operating rooms.
The latest data shows that between January and June, 85%
of surgeries were done within 6 months, and 93% within a year.
The longest waits for non-emergent surgery are in orthopaedics,
plastic surgery and ophthalmology. We continue to focus on
patients who have been waiting longest.
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