Premier Doug Ford has unveiled his plan to use private and not-for-profit community surgical centres to clear waiting list backlogs and give patients access to faster care.

Amit Atrey MD, MSc, MRCS, FRCS
Assistant Professor of Orthopedics University of Toronto, Staff Trauma & Arthroplasty surgeon, St Michael’s Hospital

“As a surgeon, I feel any measure that will allow for more surgeries and cut wait times should be considered. Expanding the scope of Community Surgical Centres is a measure that could potentially help reduce wait times across the province. With the proper safeguards that ensures staffing in hospitals won’t be impacted and IHFs are affiliated with existing hospitals to support patients throughout their care journey, this could benefit many patients and families in Ontario. We look forward to working with the Ontario government to develop this model to best serve Ontarians.”

Source: https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/heres-what-doctors-and-hospital-officials-are-saying-about-doug-fords-plan-to-expand-surgery-to-community-clinics