Emergency Rooms Report LHIN

A consultant had drafted a report on how to improve wait times and staffing issues at emergency rooms across northwestern Ontario.

The board of the Local Health Integration Network received the report this week.

Laura Kokochinski is a spokesperson for the LHIN's and says KPMG was hired to provide a number of recommendations to improveemergency service.

A total of 25 recommendations were presented in the final report.

Increased cooperation between hospitals in the region wasthe main suggestion to improve
operations in localemergency rooms.