tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post1801455509034343103..comments2023-10-28T01:08:17.601-07:00Comments on David Talks/The Berner Monologues: SUGAR-COATED TRAUMADavid Bernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05707698404226464547noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-52080863371049140542011-03-08T15:28:12.193-08:002011-03-08T15:28:12.193-08:00I'm moving to new zealand so I had to get seve...I'm moving to new zealand so I had to get several tests done. Each time the doctor "forgot" one thing or another, so I had to return six times, each of which billed to the health care system. Or how about the dentist, different price if insured versus uninsured. My friend, a nurse in the psych ward says the most work she ever does is fill out a form or hand out meds, only makes 44 an hour. Nope, nobody smells anything fishy, standard operating procedure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-15488900697280903182011-03-04T13:04:30.420-08:002011-03-04T13:04:30.420-08:00So the health care system is in trouble. Hmmm?
I ...So the health care system is in trouble. Hmmm? <br />I have an eye problem and was refered to a specialist in New West. I waited for more than 6 months to see the eye doctor.<br /><br />(aside. I am 57 years old and born in Vancouver. Worked my entire life in lower mainland)<br /><br />So I walk into the eye specialists office and am struck by two things. <br />- I am the only caucasian in the room<br /><br />-The aged indo canadians might be parents of current tax payers but they certainly havent paid into our system all of their lives.<br /><br />So is the health care system failing OR have we allowed the imigration policies to destroy our health care system?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-17374919154323841112011-03-04T09:36:29.855-08:002011-03-04T09:36:29.855-08:00I have been in Canada long enough to remember when...I have been in Canada long enough to remember when there was no government healthcare. We used Cashex.Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-73973238807338327712011-03-04T07:42:10.330-08:002011-03-04T07:42:10.330-08:00The "Eye" spent 7 days in emergency over...The "Eye" spent 7 days in emergency over New Years (damn well near lost my leg!) and had to return 2 times a day ( 2 to 3 hours a session) until mid February for IV treatment and my observations are thus:<br /><br />It seems all ECU style care homes have rid themselves of expensive doctors and nurses and send patients with a whim of illness, via ambulance, to the nearest emergency room.<br /><br />About 70% of these patients are returned to their respective care homes after 3 or 4 hours.<br /><br />In our governments zeal to reduce costs in ECU's and the private sector maintaining their profit levels, by vastly reducing skilled staff (RN's and doctors), they rely on the emergency wards for minor ailments, which could easily have been taken taken care of at their resident ECU or care home.<br /><br />I think this shuffling elderly patients to save a few bucks at source is greatly distorting our provincial medical services and our ability to provide medical care in this province.<br /><br />As an aside, except for a few "Nurse Ratchet'" the Emergency staff are superb, dealing with serious medical problems with great efficiency and empathy.Evil Eyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-14864646083200191552011-03-03T16:10:20.902-08:002011-03-03T16:10:20.902-08:00I'm afraid the plan is to run it into the grou...I'm afraid the plan is to run it into the ground in order to justify selling it off.Stuartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-51290973793199492302011-03-03T12:14:33.930-08:002011-03-03T12:14:33.930-08:00To John,
Yes, help yourself.
Cheers,
DavidTo John,<br /><br />Yes, help yourself.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />DavidDavid Bernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707698404226464547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-61904240645910664592011-03-03T11:36:13.793-08:002011-03-03T11:36:13.793-08:00Hello there,
This is a inquiry for the webmaste...Hello there,<br /> <br /> This is a inquiry for the webmaster/admin here at thebernermonologues.blogspot.com.<br /><br />Can I use some of the information from this post right above if I give a backlink back to your site?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-48408211038705065642011-03-03T10:45:18.956-08:002011-03-03T10:45:18.956-08:00The projections of the cost of healthcare to the p...The projections of the cost of healthcare to the province is un-sustainable. The crush of old people (many of which are new comers and never paid a dime into the system) combined with spiraling medical costs creates a system on failing life support.<br /><br />We all laugh at "double double" health care, but the way it's going it will be the lucky patients that get to stay in Timmy Ho. The unlucky ones will be asked to wait in their cars in the parking lot for the next available car-hop... I mean nurse. <br /><br />Luckily I'm mid-30's and <br />shouldn't need to visit the <br />hospi-hortons for four decades for chronic problems.diverdarrennoreply@blogger.com