More Canada bashing
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Yep, it's pure unadulterated BS. I like this part the best:
"If this weren't possible, in both resorts she would've been seen within 15 minutes at a local facility with CT scanning and someone who could perform temporary drainage until transfer to a neurosurgeon was possible."
Someone who could perform temp. drainage??? What would they have done - called the head of maintenance to come drill a hole in her head? And this idiot writer is supposed to be a doctor. Most docs I know are too busy with a full patient load and hospital rounds to be wasting time speculating!
This guy's name belongs in the "Fuck off!" thread!
"If this weren't possible, in both resorts she would've been seen within 15 minutes at a local facility with CT scanning and someone who could perform temporary drainage until transfer to a neurosurgeon was possible."
Someone who could perform temp. drainage??? What would they have done - called the head of maintenance to come drill a hole in her head? And this idiot writer is supposed to be a doctor. Most docs I know are too busy with a full patient load and hospital rounds to be wasting time speculating!
This guy's name belongs in the "Fuck off!" thread!
Insidious Von said:
It's Not bashing if it is the TRUTH.
Hospital wait times are NOT a fair tradeoff for economy to those that need help NOW.... Not an hour, not a few hours but Right. NOW.
To our American friends get sufficient travel insurance to be able to pay for Private Care.
I nearly lost my HAND because I had to wait. If I hadn't started screaming & making a HUGE commotion they would have left me to sit in a chair until I lost it. Even if I had gotten arrested I'd do the same again. Anyone doesn't understand my possible conviction for causing a disturbance ws the price I ad to pay to keep whole then fuck'em.
I know it's not because they don't care... resource allocation won't allow everyone to receive the care they need.
So seriously, do what every other Canadian over a certain level of means does & BUY proper healthcare when in Canada. There are clinics here where you can make an appointment, walk in, get whatever you need done, done & walk out immediately. Any test under the sun can be don immediately if you are willing to pay.
You can also strike a deal with some doctors to do Housecalls after hours if you're willing to pay cash.
Bottom line: Relying on ANYthing government supplied is foolish if you have any other options.
I'm relieved to here that the US now has helicopter service from all its ski hills to trauma centers. I now have peace of mind...
It would be interesting if we had a survey that could tell us how many cat scan facilities are available on a per capita basis Canada vs the US...
Fact. Brain aneurysms that are not detected are always fatal...
It would be interesting if we had a survey that could tell us how many cat scan facilities are available on a per capita basis Canada vs the US...
Fact. Brain aneurysms that are not detected are always fatal...
LOL.
We get upset when Americans are ignorant of us.
Then we upset when they pay attention to us and they talk badly of us.
All the while bitching and complaining about Americans.
It is not even close who bashes who more. Americans are mostly ignorant of us. We are always complaining about America all the f**king time!
We get upset when Americans are ignorant of us.
Then we upset when they pay attention to us and they talk badly of us.
All the while bitching and complaining about Americans.
It is not even close who bashes who more. Americans are mostly ignorant of us. We are always complaining about America all the f**king time!
Actually we will never be sure if Richardson would have survived or not. However, Canada does have a worse health care than in the U.S. and only an idiot would deny that. I'm basing this on overwhelming empirical evidence and the opinion of scores of physicians I know.
My mother was down in Florida and got pneumonia. The treatment she received was amazing. I'm convinced that if she was still in Montreal there is a strong probability she'd be dead now. I grew up in Montreal and spent my summers near Ste Agathe. The hospital there suck. They are underfunded and the best doctors have moved out of Quebec thanks to the separatist geniuses. That's not Canada bashing that's just a fact.
My mother was down in Florida and got pneumonia. The treatment she received was amazing. I'm convinced that if she was still in Montreal there is a strong probability she'd be dead now. I grew up in Montreal and spent my summers near Ste Agathe. The hospital there suck. They are underfunded and the best doctors have moved out of Quebec thanks to the separatist geniuses. That's not Canada bashing that's just a fact.
Is it Canada or more acurately Québec bashing to point out such simple truths as that air ambulance services save lives, and that the lives of those who suffer closed skull head trama are saved if they are rapidly taken to a Class One Trama Centre and have a CAT Scan?Insidious Von said:
The only superiority that Canadian Medicine enjoys is that our poor are guaranteed treatment while American poor may go without.
Fuck the poor. I want what I can afford.... NOT what's doled out..... Private healthcare it is.
Even going into debt is slightly preferable to waiting in line all the time when Urgent treatment is needed & getting tired overworked help weighed down by government budgeting.
I seriously think that only taxpayers & former taxpayers (Elderly that contributed) should get the free healthcare..... Let the rest of the useless eaters make way for the productive ASAP. The idea tat some welfare case or a convict gets a place in line before me for Any reason is insulting.
Fuck the poor. I want what I can afford.... NOT what's doled out..... Private healthcare it is.
Even going into debt is slightly preferable to waiting in line all the time when Urgent treatment is needed & getting tired overworked help weighed down by government budgeting.
I seriously think that only taxpayers & former taxpayers (Elderly that contributed) should get the free healthcare..... Let the rest of the useless eaters make way for the productive ASAP. The idea tat some welfare case or a convict gets a place in line before me for Any reason is insulting.
Actually to be perfectly accurate the poor is America get better healthcare than most Canadians. The Americans who get screwed are the middle class who rather spend money on beer, smokes, and eating out than on health insurance..then something bad happens and they get in huge trouble.
WRONG MEX. Any person, citizen, immigrant, homeless or whatever, is guaranteed equal treatment simply by showing up at any emergency room in the country. No exceptions. It's a big complaint as many hospitals have shut the emergency facilities as they can't afford all the people who show up just for routine check-ups etc. Mostly Mexicans.
Master Muse said:
So, then people who can't pay don't get treatment not because they are refused, but because the emergency rooms are closed. How is that better?
themexi said:
Actually, all of the statistics say that if you compare the American insured to any Canadian 'outcomes' are similar for half the cost. They're not uniform, for example we do better with infant mortality, but they are 'similar'. (Go google for studies.)
And since this isn't uncommon - the greater speed of a helicopter ambulance in getting a patient to a Class One Trama Centre becomes of even greater importance.red said:
It sounds as if some posters are saying that those Provinces and States which have air ambulance services really don't need them. Would they feel that way if they lived further away from Class One Trama Centres?
