Dorothy

When we lived in the GTA I had a Finnish doctor. Most incompetent tosser I've ever had the displeasure of seeing. I work with dozens of British doctors here in Australia and there's not a single one of them I would let treat my cat, never mind me.

If you want a British doctor then simples...Go to UK. If you want a Finnish doctor likewise go to Finland. FFS you're in Canada!

Tony-the-Tigger

This web site is great. People wanting to transport a parrot in the passenger cabin, swap $10,000 cash for £ in a bank in front of the manager and now we've to hunt down a Finnish or UK doctor in Toronto.

Maplease

Who says Canada doesn't embrace diversity!

dgagitw

What a bizzare thread! If Canada was some kind of 3rd world country I guess it might be a reasonable question but the idea that doctors here are any better or worse on average than in any other similarly developed country makes no sense.

iaink

I think all the excellent candadian, US and other trained doctors I have encounters woud probably be equally insulted by the lack of valid arguments you make.

My wife is currently being treated by a SA trained surgeon who is absolutely outstanding, people travel hours to see him. I wouldnt dream of rating him online though, those sites are for whiney complainers for the most part.

headingwest

I/family have had treatment from Candian doctors, a physio, a chiropractor since being here. All very good and frankly no different that I had experienced in the UK.

If you have seen 20 different doctors and they are telling you things you don't want to hear, maybe, just maybe you are the problem?

Experience tells me angry people will be angry everywhere.

I can't believe I just replied to this thread...

HeidiKS

Ok. So South Africans sound good, or anyone that doesn't turn away an injury patient.(been turned away too...) I would be happy with a Canadian too, it's just we've been looking for a family doctor to treat mild sinusitis and bronchitis and injury (and sending to the right places) for 3 years now. My latest injury needs medicine. I already know the drill for physio, since it's a reinjury. My physio and massage therapists are great and doing all they can, but the massage won't fully work or the stretching until a good medicine aids them. I'm stuck not able to do the beginning stretches. It's a diaphragm and chest and belly muscle injury.

Was any one of doctors you know have treated injuries well working here in GTA?

Heidi

Greenhill

Hi Heidi,

Which meds have you been prescribed for the pain - have any of them worked to any extent?

Rick b

Does this translate simply to - I want higher dosage pain medicine and the 20 doctors I have seen will not give it to me?

For that you need to go to the US, a guy I have heard of last in a warehouse fire, goes by the name of Hausen, Hous, Heuse or similar......

Siouxie

Pain Management Doctors accepting new patients in Toronto.

Oink

Good for you for insisting on higher standards. Your health is not something you should take willy nilly.

agr

Let's suppose that all doctors are so incompetent that they randomly reach the wrong conclusion with every second patient. Assuming they are not subject to similar biases, the chance of 20 consecutive doctors reaching the wrong conclusion would be just less than one in a million. On the other hand, if their wrong conclusions are due to common biases, then it is much more likely that they will reach similar conclusions. So take your pick: either they are right, or they are all wrong because of a common bias, one that we might perhaps call 'received medical wisdom'. From their point of view, these conclusions are identical. It's only your perception that draws a distinction.

The question is, why are you looking for a doctor who defies received medical wisdom?

HPJOS

My current doctor is from Lybia, we have been really impressed with him. All doctors I have seen here apart from one I have been really happy with.

My parents old British doctor misdiagnosed my Dad and my mother on separate issues, luckily nothing too serious; but this is the same doctor that would not listen to a family friend who kept saying there was something wrong with her intestines; he kept insisting for 6 months it was relating to her a pre-existing condition. Turns out it was bowel cancer; the only reason it was found was because she got appendicitis.

She almost died from Chemo; ended up having a double stent put in, she had surgery to remove the bowel; complications from that; she almost died again. My Dad acclaims this to the best comeback since Lazarus. It is a miracle she is still here, no thanks to a delay in diagnosis from a British born and trained doctor.

It really doesn't matter the country where someone trained; We are blessed that we live in a country, Canada or the UK where the majority of healthcare services are not only free but excellent standards to boot.

beautiful050278

You forgot the "pink slip", that was an ace

Greenhill

How and why did we so quickly change from being able to accept the "oh shit" factor of being reminded by injury/sickness/doctor that we're "mortal" to the sense of entitlement that, if we don't get "good" healthcare, then we deserve it?

I've had my problems with chronic pain over the last couple of years and, I'll be honest, it's been a difficult time seeking out remedies that actually help, as opposed to learning how to deal with it and get the most from life.