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10 stotffimsuntribunemthursday dec 28 2006 mcguinty government owes you apology tory leader by michael power staff writer how much progress did we see in 2006 towards better health care in york region the answer depends on who you ask i think the government has done a tremendous job in tackling surgical wait times markham stouffville hospital ceo janet beed said the province promised to reduce wait times in hip and knee proce dures cataract surgery cancer sur gery cardiac procedures and mri and cat scans cardiac patients at markham stouffville hospital now get their operations almost immediately those needing cataract surgery once faced months on the waiting list but that time has been reduced to weeks ms beed said the hospital has performed 200 additional hip and knee operations since dalton mcguintys liberals started their wait times strategy that means patients otherwise facing yearlong waits can have those procedures in much less time ms beed said but premier mcguinty should apologize for misleading you on wait times progressive conservative leader john tory said a 2million media campaign trumpeting shorter times was deemed misleading by advertising standards canada an independent review agency ontarios auditor general jim mccarter also questioned wait time reductions saying those claims should be taken with a grain of salt i don t think you can find a more stunning indictment of those wait time numbers mr tory said and while acknowledging some wait times have become shorter others have grown longer he said for example wait times for can cer procedures at southlake region health centre in newmar ket have climbed 51 per cent since 2005 mr tory said while wait times in the provinces five main focus areas have dropped those needing other procedures such as shoulder operations still face long lines during a visit to southlake last week health and longterm care minister george smitherman con ceded the government has work to do in shortening some wait times 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