[OT] More of that fine fine Canadian health care

[Rhino]

A woman in Manitoba lost her leg after waiting 8 days for a surgeon to
remove some dead skin; the delay was so long that simple procedure
proved pointless and she opted to have the leg amputated.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/woman-right-leg-amputated-post-surgery-infection-1.7411886o

Someone should make a documentary to refute Michael Moore's Sicko where
he told some pretty improbable stories about how wonderful our health
care system is. I still can't believe the scene about the American that
went into a Windsor ER and got his problem dealt with in just 15
minutes. My own brother spent the better part of a day in an ER waiting
to see if the infection in his leg was flesh-eating disease. (A doctor
DID come along while he was stiil in the waiting area to mark a line on
his leg with magic marker and then returned a couple of hours later to
verify that the infection wasn't moving fast enough to be flesh-eating
disease but he wasn't admitted for many hours so that treatment with
heavy-duty hospital antibiotics could begin. He then spent a week in
hospital until they were satisfied he was going to be okay.)

[BTR1701]

Post by Rhino
A woman in Manitoba lost her leg after waiting 8 days for a surgeon to
remove some dead skin; the delay was so long that simple procedure
proved pointless and she opted to have the leg amputated.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/woman-right-leg-amputated-post-surgery-infection-1.7411886o
Someone should make a documentary to refute Michael Moore's Sicko where
he told some pretty improbable stories about how wonderful our health
care system is. I still can't believe the scene about the American that
went into a Windsor ER and got his problem dealt with in just 15
minutes. My own brother spent the better part of a day in an ER waiting
to see if the infection in his leg was flesh-eating disease. (A doctor
DID come along while he was stiil in the waiting area to mark a line on
his leg with magic marker and then returned a couple of hours later to
verify that the infection wasn't moving fast enough to be flesh-eating
disease but he wasn't admitted for many hours so that treatment with
heavy-duty hospital antibiotics could begin. He then spent a week in
hospital until they were satisfied he was going to be okay.)

A former Democrat voter explains why he gave up on the party.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1868432622306885699?s=61&t=vGqblmNOLfCOUkfMG3uY4Q

[The Horny Goat]

Post by Rhino
A woman in Manitoba lost her leg after waiting 8 days for a surgeon to
remove some dead skin; the delay was so long that simple procedure
proved pointless and she opted to have the leg amputated.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/woman-right-leg-amputated-post-surgery-infection-1.7411886o

No question Canada's medical system on average outdoes the US system
but when the US system is at its very best it's just not a close race.
(I will have to ask my daughter who has lived in the UK for 10+ years
how the BC system compares with the UK NHS)

I've been to hospital for tests several times in the last decade for
all sorts of things (regretably that happens more once you get into
your late 60s) but nothing more intrusive than a colonoscopy -
certainly nothing as intrusive as that poor Manitoba woman.

[Rhino]

Post by BTR1701

Post by Rhino
A woman in Manitoba lost her leg after waiting 8 days for a surgeon to
remove some dead skin; the delay was so long that simple procedure
proved pointless and she opted to have the leg amputated.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/woman-right-leg-amputated-post-surgery-infection-1.7411886o
Someone should make a documentary to refute Michael Moore's Sicko where
he told some pretty improbable stories about how wonderful our health
care system is. I still can't believe the scene about the American that
went into a Windsor ER and got his problem dealt with in just 15
minutes. My own brother spent the better part of a day in an ER waiting
to see if the infection in his leg was flesh-eating disease. (A doctor
DID come along while he was stiil in the waiting area to mark a line on
his leg with magic marker and then returned a couple of hours later to
verify that the infection wasn't moving fast enough to be flesh-eating
disease but he wasn't admitted for many hours so that treatment with
heavy-duty hospital antibiotics could begin. He then spent a week in
hospital until they were satisfied he was going to be okay.)

A former Democrat voter explains why he gave up on the party.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1868432622306885699?s=61&t=vGqblmNOLfCOUkfMG3uY4Q

Wow. It's not hard to understand why he made that decision. What the
HELL where all those Democratic presidential candidates thinking? Did
they really believe that pandering to illegals by giving them FREE
healthcare was a good idea and if so, why?