Sarah Dalton: executive director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists says a high number of people walk out of emergency departments due to wait times - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Three and a half thousand people per month are walking out of our emergency departments due to wait times.

That doesn't even count those who signed the paperwork confirming it was their choice to go.

Sarah Dalton, the executive director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists definitely reckons the numbers could be way higher too, once all the other people who arrive in ambulances later down the line are taken into account.

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