I am landed immigrant in Toronto from U.S. I talked to many people in Canada and 90%
of the immigrant have horror stories to tell you about Canada medical system. Story I : My landlady in Toronto had a bitter pain in her stomach in Jan 2001. She wanted to get an appointment from her family doctor. She got an appointment after 6 weeks. After 3 weeks her pain got unbearable. She called her again to see the doctor but they refused to see her early. After a week she called the 911 because she could bear the pain. Well, she could able see the doctor and doctor asked to get an X-Ray. Well, she again has to wait for 3 weeks just to get an X-RAY. Moreover, she has to pay $40.00 for emergency service. After the X-Ray, it was found that she might have stone in her bladder. Then she was referred to a specialist. Again she was to wait for 6 weeks to see an Specialist. So far she was not given any any Prescription. After 6 weeks, the stone was confirmed. So there will be an operation. Again she has to wait for 2.5 months to wait for her operation. so finally she will going to have her operation in the end of this month(June).Total time for this operation : 6 months. Every one has to pay for pescription drug. Prescription drugs are very expensive in canada. One time prescrition can cost $30 - $100 or more.. Story II : One of my friend's wife was diagnosed with appendics. Again normal waiting time for the operation was 3 months. She complained in between so many times about the acute pain. But doctors refused to perform operation early. Well, her appendicitis burst and operation was done as a part of emergency. Luckily she survived. Hail, Canada Medical System! THE BEST IN THE WORLD |
Each system has its ups and downs. And then you have isolated incidents that are not
representative of the whole system. I have lived in Boston for 4 years now and I think that the medical system here is not fit for dogs. It used to be that they used to allow 2-3 days hospital stay after delivery of a child, but now it is 1 day (for normal delivery, of course). We experienced this ourselves. My 2 year old son had a bad fall and his face looked like Mohammed Ali's after a bout with Joe Frazier. We were made to wait for an hour at the emergency. It was a bloody mess (literally). My 65 year old mom fell down and broke her arm. She was made to wait in the hospital hallway(!) for 3 hours, without the aid of pain killers. I think even Cuba has a better system than Boston. So you put it all together. Canada, US, Britain, each has its problems. I would however think that in the US, the system is ruthless to the poor or uninsured. There are cases where people have become homeless because of some unexpected accidents and spending all they have on medical care. Then there was the case of the poor NYC woman who was given the runaround when her child needed emergency care, because she did not have insurance. While getting from one hospital to another, her child died. She was jailed for child neglect. The list of horror stories is unending. Oh well, you live. Simson Mecoolbaby wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > |
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