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2026-05-19 — Daily report — Quebec emergency rooms show a total reduction in patient volume and occupancy compared to mid-May levels.

Generated on 2026-05-19

Key Takeaways

  • •Emergency room occupancy and waiting volumes have dropped to zero across all tracked metrics.
  • •Stretcher occupancy saw a significant 75 percentage point decrease compared to data from eleven days ago.
  • •Current data suggests a total clearance of ER backlogs or a potential reporting hiatus for the date.

According to historical data from urgencesquebec.com, the provincial emergency room situation for May 19, 2026, shows an unprecedented drop in all key performance indicators. Both the latest and earliest snapshots record zero patients waiting and zero patients currently in the ER, representing a complete resolution of the volumes observed earlier in the month.

When compared to May 9, 2026, the shift is dramatic; eleven days ago, there were 1,402 patients waiting and 3,838 patients in the ER with a stretcher occupancy rate of 75%. This represents a decrease of 1,402 waiting patients and a 75 percentage point drop in stretcher utilization, indicating that the system is currently reporting no active load across the monitored facilities.

· MSSS hourly file · Données Québec