RE: They limit pre-operation tests to control the number of procedures (by-passes) performed.
Plenty of reasons for people to leave Canada and pay for health care in the US, India, etc
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Thanks for sharing... but may I ask, is this problem you are describing only occurring in the smaller rural places, or is this also occurring in big cities ( which tend to have more facilities ) like Toronto?
I have a 71yr old friend who lives 90 miles north of Toronto. Last fall he went into work and the lady in the office asked him if he felt all right. His reply was slurred and the next thing he knew he was having an ambulance ride to St Mike’s in Toronto. He had 4 stents put in by noon. The surgeon called one artery that got a stent the “widow maker”. He presented his OHIP card and went to his sister’s for 2 days to rest then went home to his dog.
My Dad just turned 92 and has end stage kidney failure. He gets excellent care, a blood test every week . The results are emailed to him and his doctor, within 12 hours.
Every province handles their health care a bit different. I and my family have no complaints. Canadians may leave for elsewhere to get their care for their own reasons but Americans who do the same.
Some recent news.
Brampton is about 550,000 people. It’s next door to Mississauga>1,000,000 people. Both very close to Toronto.
Big brouhaha on the radio during my drive home, about “Hallway Medicine”
Seems to be about 12 patients per day (average) assigned to a spot in a hallway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brampton
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/brampton-civic-hospital-hallway-patients-1.4379032
“Between April 2016 to April 2017 there were 4,352 hallway patients at BCH with significant lengths of stay ranging from 40 to nearly 70 hours,” says the briefing note by Joanne Flewelling, the interim CEO of William Osler Health System. It is dated July 20.