Absolute bull. Canadians have gone broke because they've been too ill to work but not because of their medical bills. In the U.S. thi biggest cause of bankruptcy is medical costs.
uhuh
My mother's daily ration of medicines cost almost $380 per day which she paid out of her pocket when she went to get refills. The only relief she got was in April when she could claim some it on i. tax.
At the rate the Health Authorities are going, everyone in BC will be flat broke in the not too distant future. Well, except for the rich who can afford to have offshore banks n whatnot and can afford to go on medical vacations (I heard Cuba's average rate for a hip replacement is about 5 grand and they are very well done and very quickly done ).
An example? The HA managers have said "cutbacks" at the Nelson 1st aid station. A few years back it was discovered that the roof leaked.Some idiot apparently thought it leaked because the building wasn't pretty enough. So they painted it. Couple years later they finally had the idea to reroof it.
A paramedic friend of mine told me he and another fella (one was already on overtime) drove 5 hours from the Koots to Kelowna so a patient could chat with a neurosurgeon for 15 minutes or so and then drove another 5 hours back. Meantime, next door neighbor fell and broke her ankle. She's in her 80s. The ambulance didn't get to her till almost 3 hours later (probably shuttling a patient around the province for a chat or two with doctors.
Lately, an ex-con finished his sentence but then got wounded with infection. He wrote a letter to the editor saying that cons were given better food than patients.
Last thing I heard was that if patient didn't make sure to have it entered into the diet computer, there'd be no fluids or condiments on the mealtrays. I bet that'd make the few nurses with a heavy workload happy when patients start asking for salt n pepper and tea. Cutbacks, uhuh. Tea, salt n pepper, and juices are loads more expensive and inefficient than 10 hour trips.
Want more examples of HA mismanagement? Wifey's writing a letter to the MOH and the newsmedia. It's a pretty big list.
