A lot of people in this country, in their search for a National health care system, think very highly of the one in Canada. Personally, I think it stinks. My family was affected very deeply by the flaws of the system.
As you know my ex's family is in Maine. His oldest sister married a Canadian and they lived in a tiny city out of Grand Falls. When she was in her early twenties she began having stomach problems. She went to her assigned doctor and was treated for ulcers. There was no improvement in her condition, but her physician refused to refer her on to another doctor. When she was about twenty-nine her condition worsened even more...when she belched it smelled like she had a bowel movement. I told her that she needed to insist that they send her to another doctor. Needless to say, when they finally did she found out she had cancer. She passed away at the age of 31 leaving two toddlers at home. My husband and I made an appointment to see her doctor before she died. When we saw him we asked him why she hadn't been sent to a specialist. He told us that he believed that people in their twenties don't get cancer. I have always wondered who gave him his license?
This was back in the early 80's. I only hope and pray for the people of Canada that things have changed.
-- Karla>----- Original Message ----- From: "Nada" <nadapost@yahoo.ca> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 7:14 AM Subject: Re: no adhesions in new book!
> At Sat, 03 Nov 2001, Nancy E. Hale wrote: > > > >Dear Nada: > > > >Why doesn't this surprise me? The Canadian motto: If you ignore it long > >enough, it will go away. Or: If we don't acknowledge it, it doesn't exist. > > > >Nancy in NB > > Hi Nancy, > Yes, I agree -- and we wouldn't want to acknowledge that members of the > medical community are capable of doing anything that is less than > perfect and always know best -- not to mention the notion of assigning > blame! It is inconceivable that in this day and age, anyone would expect > people to believe that. It's just a marketplace out there and buyer > beware. > > -- > Nada >