Emergency rooms still overflowing across Quebec
CTV
Emergency rooms in Quebec are overflowing in all but two regions.
Emergency rooms in Quebec are overflowing Thursday morning in all but two regions: Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
The Index Santé website, which monitors and reports on occupancy rates and wait times in ERs, says as of 6 a.m., the average rate is 136 per cent, the highest it's been since the lull over the Christmas period.
The highest rates are in the Lanaudière region, where emergency room occupancy at Lanaudière and Pierre-Le-gardeur hospitals averages 213 per cent.
There are 49 patients who have been on stretchers for more than 24 hours, including 16 who have been there for more than 48 hours.
The emergency room occupancy rate in the neighbouring Laurentian region is 177 per cent.
Numbers are 158 per cent in the Montérégie, 155 per cent in Chaudière-Appalaches, 144 per cent in Montreal, 139 per cent in Outaouais, 135 per cent in Laval, 132 per cent in Quebec City, 121 per cent in Bas-Saint-Laurent, 108 per cent in Mauricie-Centre-du-Québec and 105 per cent in Estrie.
Emergency room traffic is 90 per cent in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and 72 per cent in Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
