December 19, 2008
Disparities in care between Northern and Southern Ontario
Residents in Northern Ontario have less access to specialty services than those in Southern Ontario writes Elaine Della-Mattia in the Sault Star:
Sault Ste. Marie residents can access 70 specialists within the city and the same number within a two-hour drive.
Peterborough, a city of similar size, has 128 specialists and more than 7,000 specialists at its disposal within a two hours drive.
Peterborough is about 400 miles southeast of Sault.
An earlier edition of the Star reported on comments by Mayor Roswell on the disparities.
We don't have an ear, nose and throat specialist: It doesn't make sense to have a kid, who is crying and in pain, put in a car to drive to Sudbury so that you can actually get service.
Sudbury is nearly 200 miles away.
Posted by Staff at 09:30 AM
Category: Access to Care; Access to Health Care; Canada; Disparities; Health Disparities; Health Inequities