Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
The speaker will say it again, but has also said it before.

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.
Yes