I do know that Ontario’s MRI machines are running 24 hours a day due to the demand and depending on your situation you could wait up to 6 months, again sig less than the 18 months reported here.
Just offering a personal experience on this one . . . Ian was booked to get an MRI on his knee (so not life-threatening, but certainly something that pained him every day) - booked the appointment in May . . . and the MRI was scheduled for the following June, 13 months later, at 8:30 pm, 185 km away. A month before it was due, he got a call pushing it out a month longer. So he waited just over 14 months in total.
My dad had been having some knee problems over the last year. Finally, around the last week of November, his knee 'went out'. He was in a lot of pain, but could walk a little. He saw a doctor two days later, got an MRI (again two days later), and three weeks later was able to get the surgery he needed. His condition was certainly not life threatening, but it did greatly affect his quality of life.
So, in the Canadian health-care system - how long would it take to see a specialist, get an MRI and then get an operation?
