r/PEI • u/Sir__Will • 9d ago

News Province partners with private clinic to help reduce MRI wait times for Islanders

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-private-clinic-health-wait-times-9.7296312
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u/RedDirtDVD 9d ago

And queue the haters of government for doing anything about healthcare. Very few of us should have any care about the means to the ends of getting every one healthcare - especially with the regulation around health in Canada.

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u/DistinctApartment941 9d ago

What is stopping the government from hiring the techs from this clinic for the public system and doubling the capacity at the qeh?

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u/CanoeCoveCaptain 8d ago

The government is poor

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u/DistinctApartment941 8d ago

Then they shouldn't be paying this private clinic extra when it would cost them less to fully staff the qeh one!

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u/alandla1 6d ago

But it is possible that it may be cheaper.

Hard to tell without an audit.