we kanuks USED  to be much better

defrauding the sys

astronomical meds costs/med equip

and low birth rate

have starved a really remarkable med sys the envy of the world thanks to one
tommy douglass

(sask)

and now greed has over took it

very sad indeed

m

"Barber, Kenneth L." wrote:

> yes, canada is different. i have heard of people dying while on waiting
> list. and some people want the u.s. to scoialize medicine. i think not.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jd [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:55 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Need to vent-- ITB, Pain, etc.
>
> I don't know about that Ken. Alexs nuero-surgeon is
> one of the top pediatric nuero-surgeons in the United
> States and she has a wonderful bed side manner and is
> open to all questions etc be it by email or phone,even
> from strangers.Maybe it's because she is a woman???. I
> also think it needs to be kept in mind that Jenn is in
> Canada and the medical system over there is so much
> differant than here in the US.Here if you have the
> money or medical insurance there is very little
> waiting for most procedures. My understanding is in
> Canada there is a huge backlog for any procedure and
> it doesn't matter if it's for life threatening
> condition or not. It could be this doc is very
> frusterated with the system because of how tied his
> hands are. I believe Jenn said she had to pay for the
> Bacoflen out of pocket because her moms  private
> insurance wouldn't pay for it nor would the Canadian
> socialized medicine system.I've followed Jenns story
> for a while now and I hope she gets the pump as much
> as anyone. I do believe she has also stated the system
> has only enough money to do 10 pumps a year. To the
> doc who I'm sure has seen many cases( and the Bpump is
> used for  MS,spinal cord accidents, TBI etc not just
> CP) Jenn may be one of his high functioning patients.
> It doesn't excuse his behavior which was indeed more
> than rude but it must be frusterating to have the
> skills to be able to relieve so many peoples suffering
> but not have the resources to do so, especially in a
> well off country such as Canada is considered.Jenn,I
> really hope this works out well and on the schedule
> you want it to. Keep the faith ok?
> Joanne
> --- "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > the better the doc, the easiser to think he is god
> > and the more likely he is
> > to be put in his place, but, the less likewly that
> > someone will do it. too
> > bad. he desperatly needs it.
> >
> >
>
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