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Re: A question for my Canadian pals
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Wed, 6 Oct 2004 19:08:12 GMT
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Yes, it is true that there are waits for non-critical exams and procedures.
However, if it is a more serious case, the wait is usually less than a week.
I have a neighbour that injured his knee back at the end of June. Several weeks
of physiotherapy didn't help and in Sept he went to see a specialist about it
and is now scheduled for an MRI sometime in December. The funny thing is that
his dog was ill and taken to the vet last week. The diagnosis was a possible
brain tumor so they scheduled an MRI. There was only a 2 day wait to get the
MRI done on the dog and they unfortunately confirmed the earlier diagnosis. I
think this shows a good example of the merits to having a private (two tier)
health system available.
Andrew
In lugnet.loc.ca, Dave Schuler wrote:
> This will FUT ot.debate, but I wanted to start the question here.
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> I'm in a discussion with a person whom I shall term, charitably, a knucklehead.
> Many of his views are ridiculous, and I can demonstrate their folly with
> citations and argument fairly easily. But on one point I find myself a little
> caught-off-guard.
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> He alleges that the Canadian healthcare system, which he, in his enlightenment,
> calls "Communist," is so inefficient that a patient who requires an MRI has to
> wait four months before a machine is available. Is this true?
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> You can imagine my distress to hear my fine neighbors to the north mocked in
> this way. I mean, I mock Dave Koudys, but he deserves it for breaking into Mike
> Petrucelli's house like that.
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> Any insights you can provide into the workings of your healthcare system will be
> greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks a metric ton!
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> Dave!
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