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Originally Posted by tooblue
Living in Canada I'd like to read all about the system I currently live with. I bet the story(s) isn't as straight forward as your post suggests  |
The stories are real. Are they common?, I don't know. When you meet someone under 65 who needs a new knee or hip ask them how long it takes see a doctor, then how long to see a specialist, then how long to get into the hospital. Many people don't know or care about the details of the implants. Those who care (genreally young, athletic, etc) try to go to the best doctors/hospitals. Those have very long waiting lists, some over one year. When the wait seems too long or they cannot have access to the latest devices they spend their own money go to India. True.
http://www.cimca.ca/newsletter/issue04_05.html
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewa...p-surgery.html
http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index....ch/28/tourism/
Sample
"I was in real pain, and then he told me I had to wait two years, and my life was gone," recalls the mother of three and grandmother of six, who struggled even to get off the couch some days. "My little grandson would come down, and before I got bad, we used to walk all around Chester.
"We’d look at the ferry boat and we’d stop and throw things to the birds. I could not do that anymore. Eventually, I could not even get on our boat, walk down to the wharf. (Walking) was an absolute struggle."
Others continue to wait.
The latest Capital health authority figures put the median wait time for hip replacement at 302 days, well above the medically accepted standard of 180 days. The wait for knee replacement stands at 349 days. As of November 2007, 553 patients were on the list for the hip procedure, while 946 patients waited for knee replacements. And almost 3,700 were still waiting for all orthopedic procedures."
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1039971.html