These easy wins could alleviate wait times at hospital ERs, experts suggest

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Philip Drost · CBC Radio · As Sarah McLeod’s asthmatic son struggled to breathe on a recent trip to the emergency room in Calgary, she looked up at the board to see a 10-hour wait time standing between her son and the care he needed.

When she came in, her son was stable. But he got worse, so McLeod talked to a nurse. “The nurse looked through her system and there were, again, no beds available. She was obviously frustrated. She said to me that she could tell that the system was broken,” said McLeod.

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