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Originally Posted by LadyMischief
Yep it's all the people that don't have their own doctors they have to go to the ER and clog it up for everyone else. I had to have emergency surgery a month or so ago, and with all the waiting behind everyone else, I almost died. It was an ugly thing.. 18 hours in the er behind people with the sniffles, and when the surgeon removed my gallbladder finally, he said if the surgery hadn't been done within an hour or two, he was pretty sure it would have ruptured.. and considering I have a genetic bleeding disorder, there would have been very little they could have done at that point to stop the bleed. It was such a horrible experience, and I got such terrible treatment from the nurses, we will be following up with legal action. Even other patients were coming up to us saying "Wow you are in bad shape and they aren't doing squat, if you need to sue or need a witness, here's my number". It was a HORROR story.
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I could tell you just the opposite.....in Toronto as well. Not mine, but a relative that I took to Toronto East...not the fanciest facility...but as soon as they saw the condition she was triaged to the front of the line and looked after. It took hours of scopes and testing but it was done and the after care impeccable. I have seen medical care systems all over the world and have lived in England and seen the medical system in France first hand. They work. There is problems. Most of the problems are caused by those who don't pay attention to their medical needs in the first place. You know, regular check ups. Making sure you have a gp that will notice shit before you have a serious problem. Having additional private health care insurance (it has always been a two tiered system), and just understanding how the system works before you need it. I find most people totally ignorant of the medical system until they need it. Sometimes that is just too late.
BTW, forget the lawsuit. You can't afford to go up against the OMA and the settlement would not be worth it. I know about that as well.