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Quebec’s ER wait times dipped just 11 minutes last year—still hovering around five hours—but the real story is stark regional inequality: Laval patients waited nearly eight hours while Gaspésie saw waits under four. The bottleneck? Not beds, but a shortage of doctors for initial assessments. Regions like Estrie made bigger gains by cutting waits by half an hour—and experts say more walk-in clinics could free up ERs for true emergencies. At heart, the crisis isn’t just about ERs—it’s about people turning to emergency rooms because they can’t access primary care.

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