AllistonGT
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Taking jobs from others that actually need the money.
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ER closures and limited staffing
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Mad Mike
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I haven't heard that nurses are being forced into OT, I do believe they are getting pressure to do so. The system is taking continued stress from many points -- pandemic backlogs, staff burnout, and way too many family doctors on WFH over the phone (people want in-person care and are flooding ERs). It's not an Ontario problem is happening everywhere, it's global. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...8QFnoECDUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3s8w_jGfTBeU-YdHW2lpqn
Sadly we're starting to see unions weaponizing global shortages, they want yo make it look like Ontario govts did this to us.
You can't be tougher on the front line -- they have earned the respect of the public and deserve our support.
Wanna help ? Kick a family doctor off their golf cart.
There should be a simple snitch line…
‘My doctor refused to see me in person and told me to go to the ER’
Chi-Ching. Fine the doctor for not seeing the patients they’re being paid for.
Watch them start taking patients the next day.
‘My doctor refused to see me in person and told me to go to the ER’
Chi-Ching. Fine the doctor for not seeing the patients they’re being paid for.
Watch them start taking patients the next day.
bigpoppa
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a lot of doctors stopped seeing patients in person during covid....can the fireman stop putting out fires just because they feel like it?
Its literally part of the job description.
I never thought of that. It's hard to compete with someone who doesn't need the money to pay the mortgage. The deck builder hasn't the option of becoming a part time fireman.
I agree. Doctors shouldn't be able to reject patient requests for in person visits.
Which reminds me, I need to call mine for an appointment. If it's a 3 week wait for an issue, I'm going to find my old doctor.
sburns
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My Dr kept seeing patients throughout the entire pandemic, I didn't have much trouble to get in to see him. My buddy who is a Dr kept working as well at several different Er's, because that is his thing. But yeah my specialist, no in person appointments and I'm not sure if that has changed yet.
Everyone is burnt out with dealing with this stupid pandemic in one way or another.
Everyone is burnt out with dealing with this stupid pandemic in one way or another.
bigpoppa
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my kid had persistent cough and a fever and would not get better, the doctors just said nope, take her to the ER, which we did, turns out it was just a sinus infection.
The doctors in this country spend more time at the golf course than treating patients.
Mad Mike
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This is getting so bad, particularly with kids, that some hospitals are demanding action to penalize doctors who send primary care patients to the ER.
I like the way my health care provider handled this in the USA - see your family doctor - free. See a specialist on a referral - free.
Use and ER or Specialist for family doctor stuff? Break out the credit card, you're paying the freight.
And then there's this douche: 'Wilfully spread misinformation:' Ajax doctor who failed to wear mask while meeting with patients has licence suspended
TL;DR
"Matheson said a mask would not help with COVID-19, and COVID-19 was a media conspiracy and a money-making scheme involving Bill Gates. During a March 15, 2021 appointment, he said masks do not work and have potentially severe side effects, children cannot contract COVID-19 and should not be made to wear masks and COVID-19 tests are being sold to China for DNA sequencing. He told his patient, a teacher, that he recommended to parents that they send their children to school without masks and threaten to sue principals if challenged."
"This run-in with the college is not the first time Matheson has been in hot water.
From July 2013 to October 2014, four pharmacists notified the college about Matheson's prescribing of opioids to patients. An investigation found Matheson wasn't following Canadian guidelines in prescribing the drugs."
TL;DR
"Matheson said a mask would not help with COVID-19, and COVID-19 was a media conspiracy and a money-making scheme involving Bill Gates. During a March 15, 2021 appointment, he said masks do not work and have potentially severe side effects, children cannot contract COVID-19 and should not be made to wear masks and COVID-19 tests are being sold to China for DNA sequencing. He told his patient, a teacher, that he recommended to parents that they send their children to school without masks and threaten to sue principals if challenged."
"This run-in with the college is not the first time Matheson has been in hot water.
From July 2013 to October 2014, four pharmacists notified the college about Matheson's prescribing of opioids to patients. An investigation found Matheson wasn't following Canadian guidelines in prescribing the drugs."
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Fordie wants to bring more non-Canadian trained doctors and nurses into hospitals. Not saying all foreign trained doctors and nurses are badly trained but I wonder how this will play out... Based on my experience in the tech industry, foreign trained folks are very greeen
Fordie wants to bring more non-Canadian trained doctors and nurses into hospitals. Not saying all foreign trained doctors and nurses are badly trained but I wonder how this will play out... Based on my experience in the tech industry, foreign trained folks are very greeen
bigpoppa
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thats why they have interviews, code tests, portfolios, etc etc .
To just outright prevent foreigners from working here is just silly.
Why bring half a million into the country then?
Canada desperately needs doctors, but the canadian doctors dont want to train new doctors.
It's going to be interesting to see what happens when Bill 124 comes up in 2023. I expect a substantial wage war and if douggie digs in his heels, a health care disaster.
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DownUnder
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LMAO. WTF. Prescribe opioids to junkies and get caught... slap on the wrist. Don't wear a mask when patient comes into the office... have license taken away...
On a side note, we found out my wife's former family doctor was having an affair with a drug dealer a decade ago and doing shady opioid prescriptions etc. Instead of losing her medical license the board just took away her ability to prescribe certain drugs....
Yup. Sounds about right for posturing stupidity. If a pharmacist properly fills a valid prescription written by a doctor for a spouse, they get kicked out. Pharmacists that intentionally commit fraud or manufacture pills that don't contain the stated drug get a time out.
Unfortunately the nurses union is pretty flimsy. no other union would allow their members to be treated the way nurses are. Regular physical assaults, required to stay before after 12hr shift to give report but no pay, unnecessarily high number of part-time/casual workers.
They can't strike or perform their job poorly because most actually care about keeping people alive. I suggested to my wife that they could stop doing paperwork as a work-to-rule type thing but she pointed out that people are going to be dying unnecessarily and that angry relatives are going to be suing. The hospitals have expensive lawyers and all the nurses have to protect them from taking the fall is their notes in their charts.
had lunch today by accident with 16 nurses. I was the grill meister at a party. Literally every conversation was ' what else can we be doing besides this mess as a career?" . And these are 15-20yr on the job gals ( and one dude) the ones you might want to keep around.....
48Connor
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My cousin is an ER nurse. Was with her 2 weeks back and of course the topic of nurses being overworked/underpaid came up. She said her current schedule is 4 days on 5 days off, and has to pick up 1 extra shift a month (that she takes vacation on so she doesn't have to go in). Like goddamn I work 4 on 4 off and that is the best schedule I've ever had, having another day off would be insane. Sure I have no doubt they all work their ***** off when they are at work, but we aren't always getting all sides of the story.
I will agree they are underpaid. $35/hr for a nurse with 5 years experience is trash.
Also I'm a little annoyed how Bill 124 is portrayed in the media as only effecting nurses. Like the guy standing at the panel of each nuclear reactor is only getting a 1% pay raise, but you don't hear sh*t from them.
I will agree they are underpaid. $35/hr for a nurse with 5 years experience is trash.
Also I'm a little annoyed how Bill 124 is portrayed in the media as only effecting nurses. Like the guy standing at the panel of each nuclear reactor is only getting a 1% pay raise, but you don't hear sh*t from them.
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