50,000 Patients with cancer Not getting critical diagnostic

Canada. Patients with fractures, cancer, heart disease, and blood clots are not getting timely access to critical diagnostic procedures.

The Canadian Society of Nuclear Medicine issued a statement on Thursday saying the nuclear medicine community is “devastated” by the shortage, which it estimates will cause delays in treatment for 50,000 Canadians each month that services are reduced.
Nuclear medicine services are now being rationed across Canada. Patients with fractures, cancer, heart disease, and blood clots are not getting timely access to critical diagnostic procedures
Country: Canada
Interests and Hobbies: This is impacting on timely surgery and therapy planning, placing patients at increased risk," the statement said, which added the nuclear medicine community is frustrated by the apparent lack of a contingency plan

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