Limited OR time? Just had a case of a gallbladder patient who came through ER and had to wait 7 days taking up a bed because his surgery kept on getting delayed to the next day as he was on the Emergency 'slate' and other emergencies were prioritized. Patient was stable after the first day. Patient was annoyed after a week of this because he had a business he had to attend to and he was made to fast for 12 hours every day in anticipation of the surgery that was canceled. Eventually he had his laparoscopic surgery and was discharged home within 8 hours of it!
So he had to wait for a week taking up a $3000 a day bed for a surgery he should have been able to go home after 24 hours . Canadians are totally deluded if they think that is acceptable.