tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post6954479341690483989..comments2023-10-28T01:08:17.601-07:00Comments on David Talks/The Berner Monologues: PrioritiesDavid Bernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05707698404226464547noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-85325287518478500602008-08-24T14:09:00.000-07:002008-08-24T14:09:00.000-07:00Liz J. makes a good point. If a physician has 1000...Liz J. makes a good point. If a physician has 1000 patients to their practice, that works out to 20 patients per week, or 4 per day.<BR/>Does not seem very overworked to me, and there are some people who never go near a physician for years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-54885498952823242562008-08-24T00:44:00.000-07:002008-08-24T00:44:00.000-07:00So, the people running this mess of a system are a...So, the people running this mess of a system are all getting huge raises so we can hang onto them because they're the best and the brightest and Heaven forfend they should leave us. Uh huh.<BR/>Gee, I can't imagine what a disaster we'd have on our hands if incompetent fools were running the show. /sarcDavid in North Burnaby BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660731947857473298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-69447634912603835492008-08-23T12:06:00.000-07:002008-08-23T12:06:00.000-07:00David:I, too, saw that news item, and could have a...David:<BR/><BR/>I, too, saw that news item, and could have a lot to say about the abysmal healthcare record of the Campbell Liberals. <BR/><BR/>However - there is another important question to be asked: How come two doctors have to work 100 hours a week (each?) for a population of only +/- 2,000?<BR/><BR/>We are a two-generation family of six. Lucky to be healthy, I admit. But I can count on the fingers of two hands, the total number of physician visits we've made in the past year. My one visit was for an annual check-up.<BR/><BR/>Surely, the Ashcroft environment is not so bad that all of the people get sick all of the time?<BR/><BR/>Or is the patient catchment area much larger than just Ashcroft?<BR/><BR/>Liz J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com