Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton, caused a stir online by tweeting data pointing out the comparison of 36 countries’ health care systems..In 2018, Canada was ranked fourth last for hospital beds per capita, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reported..Data from The World Bank shows Canada’s drastic decline over past decades regarding hospital beds per 1000 people.. The-World-Bank-beds-per-1000-peopleThe World Bank .The latest data shows that number of hospital beds per 1000 individuals is 2.5, which is only half of what it was in 1995..Alberta health services released a YouTube video outlining the expenditure changes that occurred from 2016 to 2020..The video revealed that Alberta’s NDP and UCP cut health spending by $220 million in only four years..The federal government’s spending in healthcare increased only in specific sectors..The feds provided $5 billion and dispersed the money to all the provinces and territories based on population..According to the Canada Institute for Health Information (CIHI), the total health spending for Canada in 2021 reached $308 billion, yet the number of hospital beds were not recorded to be increased in public data bases..Ewa Sudyk is a reporter with the Western Standard..esudyk@westernstandardonline.com
