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OT: Sens Lounge LXXXII | Rise of Omni / Caeldan, the YES man
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Baby Ryan
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^ Rofl.
I sometimes sleep with my head cocked to the side by accident, then wake up with a very bad neck strain for days. Hate it when that happens
And is it true that somewhat got assaulted in one way or another at Bayshore over the weekend?
My friend told me, apparently it was on the news.
I sometimes sleep with my head cocked to the side by accident, then wake up with a very bad neck strain for days. Hate it when that happens
And is it true that somewhat got assaulted in one way or another at Bayshore over the weekend?
My friend told me, apparently it was on the news.
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coladin
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PeterSidorkiewicz
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Impossible. Fox News tells me here that Canadians wait for in line for days at the emergency room and most of them just end up dying while waiting.
MakeOttawaGreatAgain
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I think the longest I've ever waited was like 45 minutes before a doctor or nurse did a real check of what's up.
And until last year, I used to go to ER once a month because of bad MRSA. It's how I beat Final Fantasy IV
Well, you guys are lucky. I've had a 5 hour wait (for a painful kidney stone), a 7 hour wait, and recently a 3 hour wait.
MakeOttawaGreatAgain
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Do Make Say Think
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I had to wait for a very, very, very long time once (some kind of infection on the foot) but that was in Quebec City
Every other time has been very reasonnable
Every other time has been very reasonnable
DrunkUncleDenis
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You need to be more strategic about picking hospital locations and times. If you're in Ottawa, if possible (ie you have a car, it's not life or death, etc) go at night (like 1am) and go to the Civic. I always have good success with wait times there. Better yet, take the short drive to Arnprior. It's a ghost town there after 9pm, you get looked at right away.
..I get injured a lot.
YOW
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This is good advice. I have a standing order to drive past the Queensway Carleton if at all possible.
Last time I left hobbled, I was told nothing wrong, I tossed my QCH card in the trash can in emerg on my way out-loved the look on the nurses face-because when she took my information she told me could be a kidney infection. 2 days later at the GP I was told raging kidney infection...just amateur hour there. I stand by DrunkUncleDennis-better wait times and better care for a little longer drive if you can. Almonte is also a good choice.
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ChocolateLeclaire
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Unfortunately with kidney stones you can't pick and choose the time of day. Although I've learned my lesson and I don't bother anymore. Last time I took a couple of advils and just passed my stone at home, hoping that's all it was (and thankfully that's all it was).
It's just that I can't agree with the "yay for Canadian health care" thing going on in this thread given my experience with the system. It's definitely more equitable than the US system and I'm all for an equitable system, but what good is it if "equitable" means everybody gets bad health care?
My appointment with the orthoptics specialist is in 10 months. Is there any other country where this would be acceptable?
As a comparison point, I had my first kidney stone when I was on a trip to France. There was literally ZERO wait time. They gave me painkillers right away and took me straight away to the X-ray room.
bacon25
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In fairness to Fox, I believe they are talking about surgeries, which, if you are rich enough and have excellent health insurance you can get rather quickly. As for wait times where I am in the US the wait for ER treatment is crazy long as well (at least from what I have experienced. I had a senior family member need surgery in Canada and he got it within 3 months. This was over in Alberta, with the higher pop in ON, I can imagine it would be a little longer.
Generally hospitals work on the triage system. You wait because your needs are less vital than others. Going when it's less busy mean that there are fewer people in more need than you around. As for the specialist appointments, it's first come first serve, but they also adhere to triage. If your issues were more serious, you would flow through the system faster.
As for wait times:
Fewer specialists is in large part the problem with wait times to see them. You wait 10 months because there is likely only a few of them in Ottawa. Many cities have only a couple specialized doctors to service the entire area. NOt really much anyone can do other than try and make it more attractive to become a doctor could help here, not really a systemic issue. That or make it cost something, that way 3/4 of the people on the wait list would be unable to cover it, and boom! No more waiting!
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We as Canadians are all able to access all routine medical procedures that many in the US simply can't get because they can't afford it. If everyone in the states could get a knee replacement, you'd see some long waits as well. Heck, if it was free to go to the clinic, you see ton more packed offices.
Private systems are great when you're rich, or have travel insurance abroad.
Not exactly comparable.
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