A patient who has been waiting a year for surgery in the public health network could be transferred to the private sector at public expense.

This is what the Canadian Press learned in a brief prepared by Health Minister Christian Dubé, which was presented to his Cabinet colleagues in July.

The document, which was only recently made public, led to the pre-publication of the Règlement sur l’accès aux services chirurgicaux. However, the latter has not yet been ratified by the Cabinet.

In his brief, Dubé points out that wait times for surgeries have increased during the pandemic.

As a result, many patients find themselves in a situation where their wait time “exceeds the prescribed time for surgery.”

According to Dubé’s plan, the first step will always be to attempt to schedule the surger

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