I hear it’s not the best, but I have never had any issues. I’ve waited like 5-6 hours to be seen with mono but who cares I wasn’t dying, I wasn’t going to die and other people needed help. That’s the one bad case out of let’s say maybe like 10 times I’ve needed to use the health care system as a teen/adult.
I'm Canadian and have always been a bit displeased with wait times at the doctors or ER wait rooms. I've done my fair share of bashing of the system.
I was very wrong:
I recently suffered a horrible work accident in August where I compacted my L4-L5-S1 and caused the discs in between to prolapse so badly that I lost the use of my legs.
August 2nd was the accident date. I had a Ct scan two days later, an MRI two days after that I was admitted to the hospital and two days after that I was under the knife of a top neurosurgeon in North America.
I'm just over three months post OP, my pain is gone, my legs work again other than my left foot being weak but not close to non functioning. This system gave me a second chance at a normal active life. I LOVE my job as an ironworker and will be back on the iron within 2-3 more months of recovery.
Above all, my first baby boy was born last week and I am able to hold him, get up in the middle of the night to feed him, help around the house while my wife recovers and take care of most jobs around our acreage. This system works; it is a beautiful thing to have major surgery and a baby born within three months and it cost me $100 in fuel and about $35 for pizza... lol cause the food did suck..
Edit: thank you for the gold, stranger. I'm humbled
My son had a testicular torsion, wait time was maybe 5 minutes, he was on the operating table in less that 40 minutes.
My friend's son was born in cardiac arrest, was stabilized and flown by chopper to a children hospital. It cost him nothing and I'm very happy that some of my taxes when toward that instead of a nuclear submarine.
Go in for a broken finger and you might have to wait more while they take care of something more urgent.
People complain like they do about everything but when it's a emergency nobody gets left behind.
Stupidnames04 on November 25th, 2019 at 21:02 UTC »
I hear it’s not the best, but I have never had any issues. I’ve waited like 5-6 hours to be seen with mono but who cares I wasn’t dying, I wasn’t going to die and other people needed help. That’s the one bad case out of let’s say maybe like 10 times I’ve needed to use the health care system as a teen/adult.
IW97HangNbanG on November 25th, 2019 at 22:43 UTC »
I'm Canadian and have always been a bit displeased with wait times at the doctors or ER wait rooms. I've done my fair share of bashing of the system.
I was very wrong:
I recently suffered a horrible work accident in August where I compacted my L4-L5-S1 and caused the discs in between to prolapse so badly that I lost the use of my legs.
August 2nd was the accident date. I had a Ct scan two days later, an MRI two days after that I was admitted to the hospital and two days after that I was under the knife of a top neurosurgeon in North America.
I'm just over three months post OP, my pain is gone, my legs work again other than my left foot being weak but not close to non functioning. This system gave me a second chance at a normal active life. I LOVE my job as an ironworker and will be back on the iron within 2-3 more months of recovery.
Above all, my first baby boy was born last week and I am able to hold him, get up in the middle of the night to feed him, help around the house while my wife recovers and take care of most jobs around our acreage. This system works; it is a beautiful thing to have major surgery and a baby born within three months and it cost me $100 in fuel and about $35 for pizza... lol cause the food did suck..
Edit: thank you for the gold, stranger. I'm humbled
quebecesti on November 25th, 2019 at 23:17 UTC »
My son had a testicular torsion, wait time was maybe 5 minutes, he was on the operating table in less that 40 minutes.
My friend's son was born in cardiac arrest, was stabilized and flown by chopper to a children hospital. It cost him nothing and I'm very happy that some of my taxes when toward that instead of a nuclear submarine.
Go in for a broken finger and you might have to wait more while they take care of something more urgent.
People complain like they do about everything but when it's a emergency nobody gets left behind.