Local hospitals and doctors would like to hawk their services to Canadians weary of waiting months in their country for knee replacement surgeries, colonoscopies, cancer treatment and other medical procedures. Canadians get most of their medical care for free through their government's health care system. But the waits are getting longer because of a doctor shortage and overcrowded clinics and emergency rooms. The median wait time to see a specialist in Canada is 18.3 weeks, up from 9.3 weeks in 1993, according to the Fraser Institute, a Canadian research group. The University Hill Corp., a Syracuse nonprofit planning and development organization that represents hospitals and academic institutions, hopes to exploit that difference.
