You talked about patients who don't have COVID-19 earlier. On April 26, we heard from Dr. Perrault, president of the Association des chirurgiens cardiovasculaires et thoraciques du Québec. He told us that before the pandemic, despite chronic underfunding in the health care system, these surgeons were trying to keep the percentage of patients on a waiting list at less than 10% above acceptable wait times for the situation to be manageable. We know that cardiac procedures have to be early, just as they have to be in cancer.
Very quickly, in the first wave, this percentage on the waiting list rose to 20%. It's now reported to be between 40% and 45%. Dr. Perrault said something quite powerful. He said that at these rates, we're playing Russian roulette, because the important thing is to be able to counteract sudden death. If patients end up getting care, they're obviously going to experience much greater consequences.
Do you agree with those comments?