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Medical Matters / Health Matters (split from Random Stuff)
By: jsmth321 Date: June 15, 2022, 8:44 pm
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Canadian Medical Association president.
HTML https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canada-s-health-care-system-is-collapsing-around-us-warns-cma-president-1.5948416
"What's clearly coming is the collapse of the current
health-care system," Dr. Katharine Smart, president of the CMA."
"We're not seeing is the political will to take that seriously."
"There doesn't really appear to be any near solutions in the
near term, which is really worrisome."
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Re: Medical Matters
By: jsmth321 Date: June 16, 2022, 4:03 pm
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Low cost dentists are more honest I beleive and by low cost, I
mean the offices that cater to lower income people, people
without insurance, people with disability insurance etc.
Went to a dentist in 2019 in Vancouver told I needed to have 2
wisdom teeth pulled, needed to have 2 fillings replaced, and 2
teeth filled and list of work the dentist claimed was necessary.
Today got an exam done at the low cost dentist, he says teeth
look good, may want to consider a cleaning, old fillings are
fine no need to replace, gums look healthy, and x-rays show
nothing abnormal.
Wife went to a dentist last year said she needed 8 fillings,
turns out she only needs 1 filling.
It's long been known dentists pad the bill to maximize
insurance, but really it's pretty unethical in my opinion to
paid bills with unecessary work.
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Re: Medical Matters
By: jsmth321 Date: June 17, 2022, 2:22 am
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"Our emergency departments are under more stress than I've ever
seen in my career," said Dr. Howard Ovens, who has worked in the
ER at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital for nearly 40 years and
chairs the province's emergency services advisory committee."
HTML https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hospital-emergency-room-wait-times-ontario-1.6488344
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Re: Medical Matters
By: jsmth321 Date: June 17, 2022, 5:38 pm
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Neary 100,000 people in Nova Scotia on the wait list for family
doctor.
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Re: Medical Matters
By: Siouxie Date: June 17, 2022, 8:44 pm
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[quote author=jsmth321 link=topic=187.msg5694#msg5694
date=1655505537]
Neary 100,000 people in Nova Scotia on the wait list for family
doctor.
HTML https://www.macleans.ca/society/health/im-on-a-waitlist-with-nearly-100000-nova-scotians-who-need-a-doctor/
[/quote]
It's not just Canada :(
[quote]The U.S. faces a projected shortage of between 37,800 and
124,000 physicians within 12 years, according to The
Complexities of Physician Supply and Demand: Projections From
2019 to 2034 (PDF), a report released by the Association of
American Medical Colleges (AAMC).[/quote]
HTML https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/sustainability/doctor-shortages-are-here-and-they-ll-get-worse-if-we-don-t-act
From 2021 -
[quote]The NHS in England is short of around 50,000 doctors
ahead of what is expected to be one of the worst winters on
record, a union has warned.[/quote]
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I think it's a case of many doctors reaching retirement age /
having health issues and having to stop working - and huge
increases in the number of patients - due to population growth
and immigration.
My GP is having to retire at the end of this month as she has
cancer... she's been my GP for 20 years and the best I've ever
had. Trying to find a new GP is problematic - the one she has
referred her patients to has a not very good reputation, which
makes me reluctant to go to him.
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Re: Medical Matters / Health Matters (split from Random Stuff)
By: jsmth321 Date: June 27, 2022, 11:44 am
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Nova Scotia man died after not being able to get heart surgery
in a timely manner.
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Re: Medical Matters / Health Matters (split from Random Stuff)
By: jsmth321 Date: June 28, 2022, 10:54 am
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Cancer patients not receiving timely treatment due to lack of
Oncologists.
HTML https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cancer-patient-treatment-delays-1.6497961
I could in theory be walking around with cancer, the reason for
the GI refferal is to get an endoscopy of my esophagus to look
for cancer, been like 6-7 months now, even GP is like this is
taking way too long and has sent refferals to other GI doctors
to try and get it sped up.
Kamloops is one of the harder hit hospitals nurse shortage wise,
they have had to at times close sections of the hospital due to
no nurses to staff.
HTML https://www.radionl.com/2022/05/16/89640/
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Re: Medical Matters / Health Matters (split from Random Stuff)
By: jsmth321 Date: July 2, 2022, 5:46 pm
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9-11 operators in BC forced to work more over-time than ever
before due to critical staff shortages.
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Re: Medical Matters / Health Matters (split from Random Stuff)
By: jsmth321 Date: July 2, 2022, 9:26 pm
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Mental health is one of the most important aspects to wellbeing
overall, maybe one day those who make decisions on what is
covered under healthcare system will include all mental health
services and not just drugs.
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Re: Medical Matters / Health Matters (split from Random Stuff)
By: Siouxie Date: July 2, 2022, 10:41 pm
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[quote author=jsmth321 link=topic=281.msg5809#msg5809
date=1656815166]
Mental health is one of the most important aspects to wellbeing
overall, maybe one day those who make decisions on what is
covered under healthcare system will include all mental health
services and not just drugs.
[/quote]
If you can access any of these, some offer free or low cost
help..
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