Well, I do think the candian health care system is nothing to write home about. In edmonton alberta, the "average" (no I don't know which one) for waiting in emergency this year was apparently 28 hours (reported by a local paper).
I was lucky when I had to go in for a burst appendix last year. I only had to wait 15 hours in emergency of a fairly large hospital before being seen by a doctor. (The "emergency" room was actually a large tent in the parking lot. A temporary fix they tell us due to construction, which seems now to have become a semi-permanent state). I was then lucky enough to be operated on after a wait of only 3 days. (I was bumped several times because there was only one anaesthesiologist available for the hospital). Oh well, like they say, compare it to Afghanistan and see, you are lucky. --Mike On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Joan Warmbold <[email protected]> wrote: > What a group of "cockeyed optimists we are!" > > ALL TOGETHER NOW!! > > When the skies are brighter canary yellow > I forget ev'ry cloud I've ever seen, > So they called me a cockeyed optimist > Immature and incurably green. > > I have heard people rant and rave and bellow > That we're done and we might as well be dead, > But I'm only a cockeyed optimist > And I can't get it into my head. > > I hear the human race > Is fallin' on its face > And hasn't very far to go, > But ev'ry whippoorwill > Is sellin' me a bill, > And tellin' me it just ain't so. > > I could say life is just a bowl of Jello > And appear more intelligent and smart, > But I'm stuck like a dope > With a thing called hope, > And I can't get it out of my heart! > Not this heart... > > "A Cockeyed Optimist" from South Pacific of course--just thought it caught > the mood of this thread. (What is the origin of that word, cockeyed, LOL?) > > Joan > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > > Medicare would've denied payment anyway. > > > > > > Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. > > Professor of Psychology > > Chair, Department of Psychology > > St. Ambrose University > > 518 West Locust Street > > Davenport, Iowa 52803 > > > > Phone: 563-333-6482 > > e-mail: [email protected] > > web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm > > > > The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with > > anyone without permission of the sender. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Fri 4/24/2009 7:42 PM > > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > > Subject: Re: [tips] Dying To See The Doctor > > > > Huh? > > Medicare is a reimbursement program -- it doesn't run clinics. > > And it reimburses plenty of private physicians. > > > > On Apr 24, 2009, at 5:57 PM, Peter Kepros wrote: > > > >> Can't help but notice that the event in question occurred in a > >> private clinic. Certainly glad it wasn't part of Medicare. >:-} > >> > >> Peter Kepros > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > >> At 07:25 PM 4/24/2009, you wrote: > >>> Gee, glad those type of horrific stories never occur in the US of > >>> A, eh? > >>> Instead, we just send the critically-ill patients to the public- > >>> aid type > >>> hospitals like Cook County! > >>> > >>> Joan > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> > Canada has a killer health systen, eh? > >>> > > >>> > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM. > >>> 20090423.wwaitinggta23art2243/BNStory/National/home > >>> > or > >>> > http://tinyurl.com/cm3cxz > >>> > > >>> > -Mike Palij > >>> > New York University > >>> > [email protected] > > > > Paul Brandon > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology > > Minnesota State University, Mankato > > [email protected] > > > > > > --- > > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > > > > > --- > > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
