Nearly one in five patients seeking emergency care at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) leaves its ER in frustration without ever being seen by a doctor, a comprehensive new report reveals.

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And at the Royal Victoria Hospital, 16.6 per cent of patients quit its overcrowded ER without being examined by a physician — a situation that could potentially put some individuals at risk to their health, according to the periodic report by the department of emergency medicine at McGill University.