After a long wait, patients give up!

The Hull and the Gatineau hospitals operate their Emergency service with a minimal staff: each has 2 doctors on the day shift, 2 in the evening and 1 at night.  In the 2018-2019 year, 22,099 patients signed in then left without being seen by a physician!  The average wait was 21.1 hours!  At the Gatineau hospital, 12% of cases had to wait more then 48 hours!  Dr Nicolas Gilot, medical director of CIUSSS of Outaouais explains that he has to deal with a shortage of psychiatrists and emergency physicians.