Longer waits to see a doctor in Ottawa hospital ERs this fall [Video]

Two Ottawa hospitals have some of the longest wait times in Ontario to see a doctor in the emergency room this fall, and all Ottawa hospitals exceed the provincial average.

Statistics from Health Quality Ontario show the provincial average for a first assessment by a doctor in the emergency room was 2.1 hours in September, up from 2 hours in August.

The wait time for a first assessment by a doctor was 4.1 hours at CHEO in September and 4 hours at the Queensway-Carleton Hospital. Only the Windsor Regional Hospital’s Metropolitan Campus had a longer wait time for a first assessment in Ontario, at 4.4 hours.

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The wait time at CHEO increased from 2.6 hours in July and 2.7 hours in August to 4.1 hours in September. The wait time remained at four hours at …