Sorry to hear about this Frank. Give it time to mend! That joint is tricky.
stan On Sep 22, 2012, at 10:58 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Absolutely! As a cyclist I seem to make good use of our healthcare system! > ;-) > > Of course the flip side is that as a very fit individual I tend not to get > sick and with my healthy ticker will likely live a long, illness-free life, > so in the long run I'd like to think that I'll be less taxing (pun intended) > on our system than most. > > Whenever Americans get into the debate about universal healthcare some point > to the flaws in our system, most of which have to do with wait times > (including emergency room line ups). Yes, it was busy last night (Friday > nights tend to be a busy time) but you know what? I was there for about 2 1/2 > hours. In at 7:30 out at 10:00. That's registration, triage, a nurse for > initial interview and vitals, first interview with doctor, x-rays and > assessment/follow up chat with doctor. > > Quite incredible, actually. > > In maybe a half dozen emergency room visits over the past decade on one > occasion I spent 12 hours on a very busy night when my hospital was the > designated trauma centre for the region. I understand triage and accept that > delay. Otherwise I don't think I've spent more than 4 hours in emergency, 3 > hours being closer to my average. > > Our system works very well for acute situations. I admit that I have heard of > (but not directly experienced) some horror stories wrt surgery wait times. > > Cheers, > frank (always ready to sound the trumpet wrt our universal healthcare system) > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: John Sessoms <[email protected]> > Sent: September 22, 2012 9/22/12 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT - Minor Cycling Incident > > Yeah, it could be a lot worse. If it happened here in the states you'd > be dealing with trying to figure out how to pay for treatment. > > Hope you're feeling better soon. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
