You guys are gonna luv universal heath care.
As a Canadian, I’ve been on a wait list for almost 6 months for an appointment with a specialist; reason: blood in stools, weight loss – then likely more wait time for what I think is a polyp(sp). It’s happened to me a few years ago, and that time it took only a couple of months to get it removed.
Life is so grand without a competent ‘family’ physician.
Don’t have one, nonetheless all will tell you now: “Go private if you can, it’s much faster”. (it’s illegal in the Province I reside in) I’ve also already been told “no anesthesia”. They don’t do it for bladder cell tests either, no matter how much scare tissue pain you’re already in from a chronic medical condition and previous multiple surgeries, nor a previous cyst on the bladder. Feels as though I’ve reached an ‘age’ or dollar limit category and being wait listed even longer. As my B-i-L had his ‘mild’ hernia operated on right away – diagnosed May surgery June.
When my surgery is booked finally, I’ll be campaigning on the streets of Ottawa for donations for the anesthesia to be covered as I’ve had enough pain already.
Last winter it cost us $2 thousand for a stubborn sinus infection (still paying off on credit cards)and that’s after showing up at a universally health care hospital with intense pelvic pain, blood in urine and very high fever. I requessted a pelvic ultra sound, was denied request.
A chest xray, blood urine tests after 9 hours waiting then sent home, told “you have a bad flu” and “get a family physician” for the rest. Then I was admonished for going private to get treatment for sinus infections I couldn’t get here, yet they wouldn’t even book a pelvic ultra sound while I waited months for a urologist to call, and it took longer for the effects of the that flu to leave.
No family physician, or get stuck with a bad one?
Too bad for you. NO sue here either, even in cases of wrongful death, and they’ve pretty much guarantee that the medical establishment wins or drags it on until it kills the family members seeking justice.
