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Careful what you wish for America. Socialized medicine at work...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toro...it-times-laryngoscopy-critical-care-1.5393081
The hum of oxygen being pumped into Oula Jaber's lungs is constant. One look at the long, blue tube connected to her throat and it's clear that's what's keeping her alive.
For two years, Jaber has been waiting for a procedure that could potentially allow her to live without the tube and return home from her room in the complex-care ward of Trillium Health Partners hospital in Etobicoke.
Her daughter, Fatima Salem, has been trying to get a date for the surgery but has had no luck, and in the time her mother has been waiting for the operation, she's missed Salem's wedding and the birth of her grandchild.
"Had it been done already, she would have been home right now," a frustrated Salem said. "My mom missed out on a lot of major life events," she added. "There are days where I go home and just cry myself to sleep."
Jaber's case is an extreme example of a problem that plagues health care not just in Ontario but across the country — increasing wait times for a wide range of surgical and diagnostic procedures. Those wait times often force patients to stay in hospital beds that are badly needed by others.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toro...it-times-laryngoscopy-critical-care-1.5393081
The hum of oxygen being pumped into Oula Jaber's lungs is constant. One look at the long, blue tube connected to her throat and it's clear that's what's keeping her alive.
For two years, Jaber has been waiting for a procedure that could potentially allow her to live without the tube and return home from her room in the complex-care ward of Trillium Health Partners hospital in Etobicoke.
Her daughter, Fatima Salem, has been trying to get a date for the surgery but has had no luck, and in the time her mother has been waiting for the operation, she's missed Salem's wedding and the birth of her grandchild.
"Had it been done already, she would have been home right now," a frustrated Salem said. "My mom missed out on a lot of major life events," she added. "There are days where I go home and just cry myself to sleep."
Jaber's case is an extreme example of a problem that plagues health care not just in Ontario but across the country — increasing wait times for a wide range of surgical and diagnostic procedures. Those wait times often force patients to stay in hospital beds that are badly needed by others.
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