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york patients have shorter wait than provincial average i by chris traber staff writer wait times for medical proce dures at york regions hospitals are generally shorter than the provincial average according to a new health ministry website the site provides patients and doctors with information on actual wait times for various pro cedures cataract joint replacement cancer and cardiac surgeries mris and ct scans southlake regional health centre in newmarket has the shortest queue in ontario for breast cancer surgery 15 days compared to the average ontario wait of 25 days at markham stouffville hospital the average wait is 22 days york central hos pital was not required to report in this category southlake with one of ontarios most comprehensive cardiac care programs sees heart patients quicker than the provincial average it sees angiography patients in half the average ontario wait of 18 days angioplasty patients are treated on average two days faster than the nineday ontario average the hospital also conducts bypass surgery four days quicker than the 30day average the jury is still out on the effectiveness of the website its in the early stages and more information is to come on why wait lists are the way they are said york central president and ceo bruce harber the information will allow us to look at the efficiency agenda its good evidence and i believe it demon strates accountability to the pub lic as the site evolves data will become more meaningful budgets workloads patient cancellations and how the public responds to doctors with long wait lists will have be factored into wait list analysis mr harber said its a good start to determine how effective the extra funding has been wait times here are waiting times for key procedures for york regions three hospitals and the ontario average as listed on the ministry of health website york central markham stouffville southlake ontario cataract surgery 97 days 109 days 132 days 139 days hip replacement 101 days 138 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