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Ontario hospitals tackle ‘staggering’ surgical backlog caused by COVID-19
COVID-19 pandemic, which Dr. Adam Kassam, president of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) called ‘unsustainable,’ the estimated time to catch up on the most common medical procedures would still be up to two years.“Using that rate, we know that there are 30 months’ worth of wait times for knee replacements, it’s 20 months for a hip replacement, it’s 25 months for cataract surgery.