Firstly, I want my American friends to note what happens when government takes over health care. Not to go too far into the weeds but, some background. Windsor is in Canada, one mile south of Detroit. There is no pediatric neurosurgeon in Windsor so the girl could not be treated here. The current controversy involves a government sanctioned organization (Criticall) that is supposed to find a place for patients when there is no care available locally. Critical patients are transported by an air ambulance organization, also a quasi-government organization. This doctor had a patient who needed immediate care. He knew that a 30 minute wait while Critical decided what to do and another 4 hour round trip helicopter flight to London, Ontario would mean death for his patient. He cut through the government red tape, secured treatment in Detroit, and saved his patient.
This comes on the heels of a case where a nine year old girl died in a similar incident.
I hope my Canadian friends are as awestruck by the American hospital's response to the situation as I was. The Detroit hospital immediately sent a four person team to escort the patient back to Detroit for treatment. The little girl was operated on and she is recovering nicely. I'm not sure things work like this anywhere else in the world, except for how Israel treats Palestinian patients.
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This is a very good example of what government health care causes. What will Canadians do when America finally succumbs completely to the socialist disease?
A couple of comments:
GOD BLESS this doctor. He took a heavy risk against the bureaucracy to rescue this child.
Also GOD BLESS the medical team in Detroit. Detroit may get a lot of well-deserved knocks but in this case when it came to what was important, these folks stepped up.
So Canada paid for their citizen’s hospital bills? Then why can’t Mexico do the same? This would solve at least some of our problems - not that the communists in D.C. actually want this however....
It’s our own government that is against us. Although I guess there’s no point in saying this at FR since you all already know.
The key question here is "Will the doctor be punished?"
Fully expect the Canadian authorities to punish this man. I’d bet on it.
Things must be pretty bad with Canada’s health care system if they have to send patients to Detroit (DETROIT!) to get proper medical care.
Well, God bless that doctor and also the team from Detroit.
What struck me is that even in on of our most messed up cities, you can still get world class health care.
This is what makes me so sick of the left, everything is bad to them, nothing is ever good or worthy of praise.
I think many of them would like to go back to the old feudal days, we’ll be the serfs and they’ll be our lords and masters.
This is very newsworthy that some went to Detroit to survive.
did the Canadian ER doctor get fired?
That Detroit hospital rocked on this one.
How soon before we are just like Canada?
ugh