I have said it before, and I will say it again-because this cannot be overemphasized-if people have to wait for a week, two weeks or a very long time before an operation, it is not because of the physician or the hospital, but because the hospital is starved of resources and, as a result, the level of services has dropped.
The hospital's funding may be inadequate.
The hospital's funding may be inadequate or it may not as there could be other confounding issues as well.
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