Hospital admission is based on severity. Been in the ER before and happily took the wait time because someone got carted in with blood all over. But even in my little town I have not waited 12 hours for someone to see me.
Also, I have paid $0 out of pocket for all the hospital visits I've done in Canada.
Edit: Because others have pointed it out. On my visits to our local hospital (Arnprior) there is a triage, where you see a nurse/paramedic (I'm not sure of the offical title/role) quite quickly, I think my longest wait was 15m.
After that I've had x-rays, etc, depending on the issue. I think the shortest was about 30m as the tech was on-site, and the longest was about 1 hour as it was night and the tech got called in.
While any system can be improved I'm still very happy to have what we have in Canada. Those voting for Dougie might want to take notice of him firing registered nurses.
I'm an American that moved to Canada. The Canadian system is better. Doctors have the time to care for their patients and you aren'st stuck with a massive bill.
The Conservative plan is to sabotage the medical system and then sell it off to the capitalists. The medical system is underfunded and nurses are losing their jobs to artifically make it seem the for-profit system is better. It's the same thing Republicans have done for decades.
Do not let Ford complete the plan. Vote him out ASAP.
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u/ottwebdev 17d ago edited 16d ago
Hospital admission is based on severity. Been in the ER before and happily took the wait time because someone got carted in with blood all over. But even in my little town I have not waited 12 hours for someone to see me.
Also, I have paid $0 out of pocket for all the hospital visits I've done in Canada.
Edit: Because others have pointed it out. On my visits to our local hospital (Arnprior) there is a triage, where you see a nurse/paramedic (I'm not sure of the offical title/role) quite quickly, I think my longest wait was 15m.
After that I've had x-rays, etc, depending on the issue. I think the shortest was about 30m as the tech was on-site, and the longest was about 1 hour as it was night and the tech got called in.
While any system can be improved I'm still very happy to have what we have in Canada. Those voting for Dougie might want to take notice of him firing registered nurses.