Fig. 5

Delays in surgical emergency patient care. Do the collaborators still observe delays in time-to-diagnosis (a, b) and time-to-intervention (c, d) in emergency surgery and the reasons behind these observations (e). ^#Lack of diagnostic capacities (e.g., computed tomography, endoscopy, etc.). ^§Persistent worse in-hospital logistics (e.g., transport of patients, closed normal wards, etc.)