CHARLOTTETOWN -- The president of the Canadian Medical Association is continuing her organization's call for a government-funded program that would allow patients to travel to other regions if wait times were too long at home.
The idea was first floated last year and renewed in the release of a report in August by the Wait Time Alliance, a coalition of groups including the CMA.
'System at a crossroads'
The proposed program, dubbed the Health Access Fund, would allow patients to travel for services when a set of maximum wait times are exceeded.
"Our system is at a crossroads and needs immediate attention," Dr. Ruth Collins-Nakai told the Medical Society of P.E.I.'s annual meeting in Charlottetown this weekend.
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