This newborn waited 8 hours for a doctor. Experts say Ontario's ER wait times have never been worse

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When Joey Salmingo took his newborn to an Ontario emergency room in late December, he didn’t expect him to wait eight hours to be seen by a doctor.

Salmingo says it took an hour for his son, who had a fever and was only two and a half weeks old at the time, just to be assessed by a triage nurse at a hospital north of Toronto on Dec. 30

“The biggest thing and most upsetting thing is the fact that this is just commonplace,” said Salmingo.

Salmingo says his son was discharged on Jan. 2 and is now healthy and at home.

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