I’m sure we all believe that Canada’s health care system is the greatest because it’s free and easily accessible, right? I know that I used to think that, but recently, my aunt was admitted to a hospital and had to wait two days to get a bed. This is just ridiculous. How can a hospital not have enough beds for their sickly patients? On top of this, she also had to wait 4 days to get a room. Until then, she had to “chill out” in the emergency room. That’s not good at all. I’m not saying that she deserved a first class bed, or first class room, but some decent care would have been nice.
Having free health care is awesome, but when anyone gets a sign of a cold or fever, they run to a hospital because they know that they don’t have to pay for anything. Every Jack and Jill will go the hospital, back the line up and people who have very serious problems will have to wait. I don’t think this is fair at all. I understand that people should have to wait their turn, but when people start dying in emergency rooms, the government has to put on their thinking cap and try to solve this problem.
Why can’t the government expand hospitals? Why can’t they hire more nurses and doctors to cover their patients? Why don’t they fund Ontario med schools and allow them to have more slots for med students? Don’t they realize that a lot of prospective doctors go to the States, England or the Caribbean because there aren’t enough slots for med students in Ontario? The Canadian government must realize that because health care is free, people will definitely use it; the demand for health care will always be high once health care is free. Hospitals in Canada are going to be a lot more populated than those in the US because of the fact that there is no cost, and the government has to prepare for this…especially with the aging population on the rise.
Do you think that offering private clinics in Ontario would be beneficial at all? These private clinics would cost money, but it would benefit those who have the money and who need urgent care.
The government is taking MY money to fund healthcare. That’s cool. However, if I ever need to go to a hospital and have to wait for a bed…Let me just say that it won’t be pretty!
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While I agree with you that the Canadian health care system does get taken advantage of and the emergency room is often filled with relatively mild cases not generally considered urgent, I disagree with certain points.
I appreciate the high standards Canadian med schools have because they ensure students becoming doctors in this country will be more than just adequately prepared for what faces them upon graduation. Med schools in this country limit who goes in which ensures those coming out are the best of the best so patients are treated right. The Canadian health care system is an excellent system BECAUSE of the high standards put on the med schools, lowering them would also lower the value of our doctors.
In terms of hiring doctors and nurses, I do agree with you that caregivers are an overlooked necessity but many factors must be considered in the decision of increasing these numbers, mainly, economics. Hiring more doctors and nurses under a free health care system would increase taxes in order to pay salaries which may not be the best way to treat this problem.
I think the government needs a better organization as to what classifies as a hospital emergency and what should be sent to a walk in clinic.
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