86% of Canadians Say Health-Care Providers Should Be Required to Alert Patients About Life-Saving Treatment Delays

86% of Canadians Say Health-Care Providers Should Be Required to Alert Patients About Life-Saving Treatment Delays

More than eight in 10 Canadians say the health-care system should be required to notify patients when life-saving treatment can’t be delivered within the necessary time frame, a recent poll suggests. New polling data from non-profit think tank SecondStreet.org, says 86 percent of Canadians surveyed support “Debbie’s Law,” a proposed policy that would force health-care providers to inform patients if they are unable to administer treatment in a t…