🇨🇦 15-month mammogram wait times while Nova Scotia leads the country in breast cancer deaths

Halifax women are being told their next routine mammogram is available in July 2027. One in three jobs vacant. No cancellation list. Government posts 73-day median waits while real booking dates stretch 15 months out. Nova Scotia already has the highest breast cancer death rate in Canada, but sure, let's keep pretending mass healthcare system collapse isn't directly tied to decade-long population flooding without infrastructure investment. Toronto clinics? Two weeks. Halifax? Over a year.

The IWK blames a national shortage of technologists, but won't discuss whether their new electronic records system made it worse. Women with family histories and cystic breasts are being told to drive hours away or just wait and hope. One patient is considering flying to Ontario and paying out of pocket for screening in her own country. This is what managed decline looks like when immigration targets triple and hospital capacity doesn't.

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