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BREAST CANCER SURGERY: Increased capacity reducing wait times, The Ottawa Hospital says

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The focus on cancer surgery comes after this newspaper reported that some women are waiting up to six months for breast cancer surgery at the hospital’s General campus.

Growing numbers of breast cancer patients at the hospital are opting to pay for private surgery at a clinic in Montreal because they fear their cancer will spread before they have surgery, given the long waits.Article content

Julie Coulson Fine, 50, had two lumpectomies and a full mastectomy in 2020 in Montreal after she was given an indefinite wait time in Ottawa for surgery following her breast cancer diagnosis.Today she has a clean bill of health and thinks seeking out her own care at a private health clinic possibly saved her life.Fine said she has opted not to undergo breast reconstruction surgery.

Fine wrote that the minister is responsible to secure urgent funding so that there are more hours of operating room time available for breast cancer surgeons at The Ottawa Hospital.

 

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