He was left on the hospital floor for hours. His family has lodged a complaint with Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman. It’s just one of thousands

[shockedcanadian]

He must not have been one of the "important ones". No cop family members, no government connections.

The creepy system continues to be exposed. In short time, it will collapse.

I better not hear even one of the Creepy Ones blame me.

He was left on the hospital floor for hours. His family has lodged a complaint with Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman. It’s just one of thousands

The Patient Ombudsman’s 2023-24 annual report reveals a record 4,429 complaints, the highest since its 2016 inception.

www.thestar.com

When Richard Dekker could no longer bear the pain of sitting in a wheelchair, the 79-year-old cancer patient lay on the floor of the busy emergency department with only his duffel bag for a pillow.
Dekker, who had terminal lung cancer and tumours along his spine, had been scheduled to receive radiation treatment at St. Catharines’ Marotta Family Hospital. But his oncologist postponed the Dec. 4 appointment, instead telling Dekker that he needed to be admitted for a suspected infection.

With no beds available, Dekker waited in the cancer centre until it closed. He was then taken to the crowded emergency department and left to wait in his wheelchair.

 

[JoeB131]

Your article is behind a paywall, Snidley.

 

[August West]

The baby boomers are aging out and there`s a lot of us.
My 40-year-old son was in the hospital for some unknown infection and his bed, and several others were placed in the hallways.
This isn`t exactly breaking news.

 

[shockedcanadian]

The baby boomers are aging out and there`s a lot of us.
My 40-year-old son was in the hospital for some unknown infection and his bed, and several others were placed in the hallways.
This isn`t exactly breaking news.

This has been a common occurrence for more than a decade in Ontario.

Premier Ford mocked the former Premier Wynne for "Hallway Healthcare". A snappy little term. Well, it's become worse under him along with the massive skyrocketing of homeless citizens.

 

[Polishprince]

Canada has the health care system that libs love.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Canada has the health care system that libs love.

Nobody loves this system I guarantee you that. Well, correction, the few "chosen ones" who run the administration and make hand over fist are just giddy about their undeserved plot in life.

 

[Polishprince]

Nobody loves this system I guarantee you that. Well, correction, the few "chosen ones" who run the administration and make hand over fist are just giddy about their undeserved plot in life.

No one in Canada might love it, but American libs look at it with envy.

The idea of American Medical Freedom just makes them sick to their stomachs.

 

[August West]

No one in Canada might love it, but American libs look at it with envy.

The idea of American Medical Freedom just makes them sick to their stomachs.

I don`t look at it with envy, but as far as I know, no other country wants an American style insurance-based healthcare system. Our insurance companies have never cured any sickness or disease. Why do we need to pay a "middleman"?

 

[Polishprince]

I don`t look at it with envy, but as far as I know, no other country wants an American style insurance-based healthcare system. Our insurance companies have never cured any sickness or disease. Why do we need to pay a "middleman"?

There is a "middleman" who needs paid if its a government run medical scheme involved as well.

And those politicians and bureaucrats are not only a middleman, but also a monopoly not answerable to the people.

 

[August West]

There is a "middleman" who needs paid if its a government run medical scheme involved as well.

And those politicians and bureaucrats are not only a middleman, but also a monopoly not answerable to the people.

How many countries with "government run" healthcare want to switch to a U.S. style healthcare system?

 

[Polishprince]

How many countries with "government run" healthcare want to switch to a U.S. style healthcare system?

The governments certainly don't want to cede the power of controlling heath care back to the people.

But the people of those countries , at least those people who care about their health want to get their treatments in America.


When British subject Mick Jagger needed complicated heart surgery, he came to America.

When Canadian Alex Trebek had a serious health crisis, he got treated in America.

 

[JoeB131]

The governments certainly don't want to cede the power of controlling heath care back to the people.

But the people of those countries , at least those people who care about their health want to get their treatments in America.


When British subject Mick Jagger needed complicated heart surgery, he came to America.

When Canadian Alex Trebek had a serious health crisis, he got treated in America.

Alex Trebek lived in America for decades, so that's not a good comparison.

Hey, we have a great health care system, if you are rich.

I'm not rich. I do okay, but a major medical crisis for me or my wife (We had a cancer scare last year) would wipe us out, even with insurance.

 

[Polishprince]

Alex Trebek lived in America for decades, so that's not a good comparison.

Hey, we have a great health care system, if you are rich.

I'm not rich. I do okay, but a major medical crisis for me or my wife (We had a cancer scare last year) would wipe us out, even with insurance.

If you are broke in England, you are just plain screwed. You are stuck dying in an NHS Hell Hole Hospital. The NHS has hired actual terrorists to be "doctors", the scheme is a complete failure.

The only hope there is to go to a private hospital, and you still have to pay the outrageous taxes to finance the failed NHS system.

If you rely on NHS, and come down with a serious ailment like cancer, you will see a mortician before you get an appointment with a specialist. NHS is fine if you want to see a "primary care" doctor, a glorified GP. But specialists who know their shit, not so much.

 

[August West]

The governments certainly don't want to cede the power of controlling heath care back to the people.

But the people of those countries , at least those people who care about their health want to get their treatments in America.


When British subject Mick Jagger needed complicated heart surgery, he came to America.

When Canadian Alex Trebek had a serious health crisis, he got treated in America.

Those celebrities are getting treatment that`s unavailable to us who aren`t millionaires.

 

[Polishprince]

Those celebrities are getting treatment that`s unavailable to us who aren`t millionaires.

That's right.

Because they are subjects of a country with a Risky Medical scheme.

They have to travel and pay to get treatment.

 

[August West]

That's right.

Because they are subjects of a country with a Risky Medical scheme.

They have to travel and pay to get treatment.

As I`ve said before, they`re getting treatments that are unavailable to us. You don`t like our healthcare or theirs.

 

[JoeB131]

If you are broke in England, you are just plain screwed. You are stuck dying in an NHS Hell Hole Hospital. The NHS has hired actual terrorists to be "doctors", the scheme is a complete failure.

The only hope there is to go to a private hospital, and you still have to pay the outrageous taxes to finance the failed NHS system.

If you rely on NHS, and come down with a serious ailment like cancer, you will see a mortician before you get an appointment with a specialist. NHS is fine if you want to see a "primary care" doctor, a glorified GP. But specialists who know their shit, not so much.

Meanwhile, in the real world.

The UK has a lower infant mortality rate, a longer life expectancy, despite the best efforts of the Tories to scupper the system. .