Nice that they at least owned up to the medical issues. However if by their own admission medical is holding things up an average of 89 days there is no way they are going to get processing time down. And unless things have changed radically in the government, adding billets is a time consuming process and will definitely not provide a quick fix although is obviously needed for the long term.
I know that new regulations always come about after casualties, but it should not be rocket science to have forseen that this needed additional manpower BEFORE it was implemented, not after.