I can tell you that contrary to the survey comments you have made, I think within my region in Ontario, in Windsor, we just had technologists who were laid off. That's the first that I'm aware of within the province. That occurred within the past few weeks. Three positions were lost. These technologists are difficult to train, and once they leave the community, in our area, they go to the U.S. To get them back is an extreme challenge.
I oversee another hospital in rural Ontario that is faced with an operating loss of 25% of its income for the year. That small community is wrestling with the question of whether it can sustain that practice. We're under tight budget constraints as it is, within the hospitals in Ontario, and when a service like this in a small community is pushed to that level, it's asking the question of whether it can maintain that service. That means patients have to go to the nearest community, which is Windsor.
I can tell you that in Windsor we haven't suddenly cured all heart disease, yet our waiting list has dropped off. Why is that? It is because referring physicians have this perception that there's a difficulty. They are triaging. Very clearly, they're coming to us and asking us if they can get a scan, whether we're up this week, whether we have supply. That's impacting referrals. The impact is not going to be like that. It's very insidious. Patients are not going to get investigated, and we will have events. It's only a matter of time that this will happen.