I would not say that it should be set aside, but it does need to be put in context. It is important to understand the reality of health care services. Waiting times for specific types of care depend to a certain extent on the kind of service that is required, the waiting time and the patient's general health status. It is important to know why the service is required in order to understand why those delays occur. It is a little like what happened on the Titanic. We know that there were a number of minor problems on the Titanic, but we cannot say that the ship was not sturdy. Certain things should have been included during construction.
Dr. Day focuses on the number of physicians, which may resolve the problem with waiting times but, as I see it, that is too broad a way of addressing the problem. Waiting times are really a symptom of something else. Why is a particular hospital unable to resolve a situation appropriately? Operating rooms may not be available. But why?
Reference was made to a report in La Presse the other day. It said that one of the reasons why there are not as many day surgeries in such and such a hospital is that there is not enough available equipment. Those problems can be resolved without our seeking to recruit hundreds of thousands of additional physicians. There are other things that can be done within the system.