All Ottawa hospitals exceed provincial average for wait times in the emergency room in July [Video]

The wait time to see a doctor in the emergency room increased at three Ottawa hospitals this summer, with the Queensway-Carleton Hospital having one of the longest waits in Ontario.

Statistics from Health Quality Ontario show all five Ottawa hospital emergency rooms exceeded the provincial average for wait times for a first assessment by a doctor in July, which was 2 hours.

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The wait time at the Queensway-Carleton Hospital was 4.1 hours in July, up from 3.9 hours in June. The west end hospital has the third longest average wait time for a first assessment in the ER, behind Hawkesbury and District General Hospital (4.7 hours) and Windsor Regional Hospital – Metropolitan Campus (4.4 hours).

The average wait time for a first assessment in July was 2.8 hours at the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus emergency …