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On a complete side note here an old friend of mine from my high school days just had open heart surgery this past week (valve replacement). She got plenty of pre-surgery care during her relatively short wait. She wasn't an urgent case, wasn't feeling particularly too distressed or anything. She did need to lose some weight and was advised to quit smoking before surgery though which extended her wait a bit. Total wait for her was about 3 months. Of course had her status changed to urgent she'd have been bumped to the top and taken right away.
Well I just got the email from her this morning, her surgery is done and went perfectly with no complications. She's home already and she raved about the care she received from start to finish, and now looks forward to recuperating and having a lot of follow-up care.
Her bill on discharge: $0.00
Ahh you got to love Canada and our evil socialized medicine.
Now back to your regularly scheduled pissing match.
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