Making Canadian Health-Care more efficient
They say the two greatest Canadian past-times after hockey are bragging and complaining about our health care. I am proud of our system but it is far from perfect. I am no expert but here are a few slight changes that I think could make our system more effective. Podiatrists - Did you know that many podiatrists get training and can become board certified for most surgeries below the knee? But in Canada their services are not covered under our universal health care plan. Recently my mother broke her arm requiring, eventually and unfortunately, 3 surgeries (we're hoping that's it). Because her surgeries weren't scheduled she was placed in the queue, requiring her to wait in a hospital bed, without eating or drinking. She needed to be ready for surgery at any point of the day. The ortho does not just operate on you, first come first serve. There are priorities, which make sense. So my Mom, because of other more serious injuries, ended up waiting for a week in total, fas...