Mad Mike
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You can do it yourself, the kit is only $9 on Amazon. It even comes with a guarantee.
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ER closures and limited staffing
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Mad Mike
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I agree totally. Rather than force them back to work, cut their fees by 50% for WHF appointments.
Hospital staff are paying a heavy price so doctors can work with a cell phone while on the golf course.
YouTube has countless videos on Impact vasectomies. Golf balls, baseballs, bicycle frames, skateboards on handrails etc.
Ya…but none of those are even close to 100%!
Still peeling back the massive onion on this one (search it) but what is interesting so far is how deep Mike Harris and his wife are into private healthcare, private nursing homes and nursing outsourcing.... Crony Capitalism....
This is neat
novascotia.ca
Province, Partners Add Support, Reduce Barriers for Ukrainian Healthcare Providers
News releases from the Government of Nova Scotia
Private Clinic Report:
I had to have a small bit of skin cancer removed yesterday and it was at a small clinic downtown Toronto. The building was a converted Victorian townhouse, fully restored outside and fully modern high tech inside.
Staff was efficient, friendly and competent. The procedure took about four hours. Short of serving martinis, the experience was perfect. No crowds or people on stretchers or anger.
Cost? I don't know but OHIP does. Parking was $10.00
Why are people plugging emergency wards with cut fingers and bruised shins?
I had to have a small bit of skin cancer removed yesterday and it was at a small clinic downtown Toronto. The building was a converted Victorian townhouse, fully restored outside and fully modern high tech inside.
Staff was efficient, friendly and competent. The procedure took about four hours. Short of serving martinis, the experience was perfect. No crowds or people on stretchers or anger.
Cost? I don't know but OHIP does. Parking was $10.00
Why are people plugging emergency wards with cut fingers and bruised shins?
Mad Mike
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Because WFH family doctors send them there.
Daughter is a nurse at a downtown hospital, they are overwhelmed in their ER with sniffles and booboos that should be handled by family doctors.
Our current doctors favourite phrase ‘if it hurts in any way go straight to the ER’.
He’s moving his practice considerably further away….think I’ll call our old doctor to see if she’s taking patients again. She was great.
ifiddles
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I went to see my doctor yesterday (I hurt my ribs somehow) and I asked her secretary when she would be going back to full office hours again and was told that a)most of her patients still want phone appointments and that b)the ministry of health hasn't told them to go back full time yet...so for now, she's doing 2 days of phone appointments, 2 days of in person appointments and 1 day on call at the hospital...
Now to get that xray done...
Now to get that xray done...
A diabetic friend of my wife was in the same situation and running low on insulin.
I don't know if they're still doing it but people would show up at ER for anti Bongo Bongo fever shots the day before they left for Bongoland. IIRC they were free at ER but $$ at the GP's.
Post and enforce a sign at the entrance "An oversight on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on ours."
Triage at the ER door. If it's a booboo give them a map showing the nearest walk-in clinics.
My only visit to a walk-in was fine for what was needed, a general condition report. They are not equipped like a regional health centre, no imaging or overnight stays for example. Tele-health gives general directions, for X,Y or Z go to a walk-in or GP, for A, B or C go to ER.
Take the money we waste on tele-health and invest it in something useful. It could be a good service but every call basically ends with "if you are concerned go to the ER". wtf. Why did I waste time talking to you when all you did was tell me to go to ER.
My shots for Kenya a few decades ago were maybe $100 and there were a lot of them. We definitely need some form of co-pay to keep healthcare viable. Maybe start with $20 ER, $10 walk-in, $0 family doctor. Have a system to support those who can't afford it. I think you would eliminate half the ER visits. If your problem isn't worth your $20, it's definitely not an ER problem. If your story about travel vaccines is correct, they should be priced at at least double the private rate if you get them in the ER.
Yup. Especially for dentistry. You can get a vacation and crowns or braces for less than just the dental work at home. Friends kid is getting braces in costa rica in the spring. Many thousands cheaper for install (and orthodontist is apparently vetted and good). Adjustments will happen in Canada at Canadian rates.
Lot of family friends set up their dental work in Poland because it’s just so much cheaper.
That’s even after having insurance cover a good bit of it.
Indeed
Tele health might as well be a answering machine that says if you called you should be heading to the ER.
Sent from the future
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