Doctors Manitoba says province’s surgery backlog at 128K

Doctors Manitoba has released a new estimate about the backlog of diagnostic tests and surgeries that have accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It says it could be more than 128,000.

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Surgery and diagnostic backlog may have peaked: Doctors Manitoba

The number also includes procedures like allergy testing, mammograms and chronic pain assessments.




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The group’s president, Dr. Candace Bradshaw, says physicians are seeing patients facing longer and uncertain waits, often enduring pain or discomfort.

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Earlier this month Doctors Manitoba said the surgical and diagnostic backlog in Manitoba may have peaked.

At the time their estimate was at 166,903 cases, which was a drop of 2,295 from May’s total. It was the first time in more than a year that the pandemic backlog had decreased.

— with files from Global News’ Kevin Hirschfield

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