{"id":799363,"date":"2026-07-13T15:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799363\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:49:09","slug":"patients-spent-17-hours-on-stretchers-waiting-as-er-occupancy-rates-remains-high-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799363\/","title":{"rendered":"Patients spent 17 hours on stretchers waiting as ER occupancy rates remains high in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emergency rooms across the Greater Montreal region continues to see high wait times of nearly five-and-a-half hours on average.<\/p>\n

ER patients on stretchers spent over 17 hours, on average Monday, with over 260 patients waiting for more than 24 hours and 129 spending more than 48 hours.<\/p>\n

Just before 9 a.m., two hospitals in Montreal had an occupancy rate of more than double their capacity: the Royal Vic was at 212 per cent, followed by the Lakeshore Hospital on the West Island with 200 per cent.<\/p>\n

Other major hospitals in the city were also over-extended with occupancy rates at the Jewish General at 177 per cent, the Montreal General at 165 per cent and the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital at 141 per cent.<\/p>\n

Authorities said the wait times could not be attributed to the recent episodes of heat waves in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, our teams are handling a large number of urgent and very urgent cases (P1-P2), particularly among elderly patients who require observation or hospitalization,\u201d said Tha\u00efs\u00a0Dub\u00e9, a spokesperson for Sant\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec Est-de-l\u2019\u00eele-de-Montr\u00e9al Universitaire. <\/p>\n

\u201cThese cases require more time and resources, which explains the increase in occupancy rates and longer wait times for other patients\u2014rather than a direct link to the heat.\u201d<\/p>\n

A similar trend was also observed in other hospitals in the region.<\/p>\n

In Laval, H\u00f4pital de la cit\u00e9-de-la-sant\u00e9 saw an occupancy rate of 173 per cent.<\/p>\n

In Mont\u00e9regie, Anna-Laberge Hospital in Ch\u00e2teauguay was at 153 per cent, with an average of wait time of eight hours and 40 minutes. Pierre-Boucher Hospital in Longueuil was at 102 per cent and an almost six-hour wait time.<\/p>\n

Across Quebec, patients spent an average of four hours and 51 minutes in waiting rooms and 14 hours and 49 minutes on a stretcher. \u00a0The occupancy rate in province was 111 per cent.<\/p>\n

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