More than 4,500 Quebecers waiting for cancer surgery, many past medically acceptable delays
Quebec is projecting more than 69,000 cancer diagnoses this year — the highest on record — while the backlog in cancer surgery grows amid a shortage of medical resources, The Gazette has learned. The rise in cancer diagnoses is part of a worldwide trend, especially among people under the age of 50, but Quebec’s situation has been made worse following $1.5 billion in planned cuts to the health-care system
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