Do you mean Canadian? ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Smith To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 10:58 PM Subject: Re: [tips] Dying To See The Doctor
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]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
