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post 1688778493 08-22-2023, 02:44 PM
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What do the Canadians do when they need to be seen by a Dr. soon?

Are they just SOL?
post 1688778593 08-22-2023, 02:46 PM
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You sit in emerg for 8-12 hours. Trudeaus Canada
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8 hours in emergency to roll the dice if youll get a quack or not.

Several hours at a clinic to get someone to write you a prescription.

If you have a family doctor it usually is a week wait for appointments that they will just do over the phone half the time.


Specialists? That will take years...


Its all free tho, sometimes... and we just pay over half our wages into the tax system to cover the excellent service, taxes always go up too...
post 1688778983 08-22-2023, 02:54 PM
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They come to America.
post 1688778993 08-22-2023, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted By AlwaysFocus⏩
8 hours in emergency to roll the dice if youll get a quack or not.

Several hours at a clinic to get someone to write you a prescription.

If you have a family doctor it usually is a week wait for appointments that they will just do over the phone half the time.


Specialists? That will take years...


Its all free tho, sometimes... and we just pay over half our wages into the tax system to cover the excellent service, taxes always go up too...
A specialist in eastern B.C. takes months to get an appointment, and years for the surgery .
Most people I’ve talked to average 1.5 years waiting time for surgery, and as mentioned that’s after being assessed first
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Originally Posted By AlwaysFocus⏩
8 hours in emergency to roll the dice if youll get a quack or not.

Several hours at a clinic to get someone to write you a prescription.

If you have a family doctor it usually is a week wait for appointments that they will just do over the phone half the time.


Specialists? That will take years...


Its all free tho, sometimes... and we just pay over half our wages into the tax system to cover the excellent service, taxes always go up too...
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post 1688779193 08-22-2023, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted By MajorTendonitis⏩
A specialist in eastern B.C. takes months to get an appointment, and years for the surgery .
Most people I’ve talked to average 1.5 years waiting time for surgery, and as mentioned that’s after being assessed first
Was it always that bad or has it gotten worse?
post 1688779603 08-22-2023, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted By havoc00⏩
Was it always that bad or has it gotten worse?
It's the same as COL and housing, it depends on location.

I can call my family docs office and usually get an appointment in a day or two depending on the season. If you have an ear infection or something minor we have walk-in clinics covered by provincial health, average wait times there are half an hour. When my wife needed a gall bladder removal from the time she went to her doc, got an ultrasound, and then had the surgery was about 5-6 weeks.

Most of the worst horror stories for wait time you hear are from small remote cities, or the 2-3 centers that have been flooded with millions of immigrants the last 2-3 years.

Ive been told our province is run by a right-wing nazi she-trump, so I guess we take the good with the bad.
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post 1688779673 08-22-2023, 03:07 PM
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You tell them you want your dick chopped off and get tit implants. Next day service.
post 1688779793 08-22-2023, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted By havoc00⏩
Was it always that bad or has it gotten worse?
Emerg was never this bad , but to see a specialist has always been approx 6 Monty’s to get your first appointment.
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post 1688779823 08-22-2023, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted By saltypits⏩
You tell them you want your dick chopped off and get tit implants. Next day service.
lol, Your not wrong. This definitely takes priority
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post 1688780073 08-22-2023, 03:17 PM
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I had to see my doctor as my foot was swollen over the weekend.

Called Monday morning at 8am and saw him at 9:30am.

Where I live our emergency room is called urgent care that there is rarely a long wait and the doctors are great.

my brother in law had chest pains about 7 years ago. Went to emergency and had a triple bypass the next day.

How much does it cost to go to emergency in the USA if your health insurance is crap?

As far as something serious emergency rooms here on the Island give priority to actual emergencies.

That be said I am lucky to be living where I am as far as health care in concerned.

Too many people go to emergency for no reason.
post 1688780163 08-22-2023, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted By MajorTendonitis⏩
You sit in emerg for 8-12 hours. Trudeaus Canada
This.


Srs.


Wish i was joking.


There is ONE walk in clinic open in my area with 150k people and by the time it opens theres a lineup down the block and most of them are junkies in the lineup trying to get prescriptions.
Originally Posted By WetCoaster⏩
I had to see my doctor as my foot was swollen over the weekend.

Called Monday morning at 8am and saw him at 9:30am.

Where I live our emergency room is called urgent care that there is rarely a long wait and the doctors are great.

my brother in law had chest pains about 7 years ago. Went to emergency and had a triple bypass the next day.

How much does it cost to go to emergency in the USA if your health insurance is crap?

As far as something serious emergency rooms here on the Island give priority to actual emergencies.

That be said I am lucky to be living where I am as far as health care in concerned.

Too many people go to emergency for no reason.
Where on the island are you. Sounds like BS to be completely honest brah.

I was on the island and had to take someone to the DR and went to urgent care, i waited 6 hours.
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