In article , paula
wrote:
> Newby wrote:
> > Is the situation found in the video at the attached link typical of Canadian
> > healthcare?
>
> Yes, and worse in regard to waiting times.
In the news just weeks ago was the crisis in neonatal care units in the
western provinces... they are sending many mother's to Washington State
for their critical care... but I believe that their government is
footing the bill.... you can't reschedule an existing pregnancy ;-)
jay
Wed Feb 27, 2008
mailto:gofig@mac.com
> At the gastro-enterologist
> office a new patient had to wait 2 years for a colonoscopy . After that
> one usually gets in sooner, but ....
> I myself had to wait over a year for an MRI; suspected brain tumor or
> MS. I was lucky as I did not have either.
> Just now, 2 weeks ago I had a scheduled day surgery; Admin wise
> everythign went wrong. They are trying to get me in'quick'; expected
> about mid may
> Many people cannot even find a family doctor; without a family doctor
> one cannot get in to see a specialist.
> Welcome to socialized health care. It has it's ups and downs, like
> everything else. Nothing is perfect
> >
> > http://www.freemarketcure.com/brainsurgery.php
> >
> > Video will be painfully slow to load on dial-up.
> >
> > In a nutshell, patient needed an MRI as his physician thought he might have
> > a brain tumor. Quoted wait time for an MRI was 8 months. Got one in
> > Buffalo, NY, in several days and as suspected he had a brain tumor. Went
> > back to his physician with the results and the wait time for surgery was
> > months. Went back to Buffalo, NY, where surgery was performed in days.
> > Tumor was cancerous. Having caught it early, along with the type tumor it
> > was, shows good prognosis for recovery.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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