On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:51:13 -0700 (PDT), Jack
wrote:

On Aug 17, 10:30*am, thunder wrote:
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:07:14 -0400, JustWait wrote:
The new president of Canada's health care system says Canadian health
care is "sick". He suggests that citizens are not getting "optimal"
health care and that Canadian health care should focus more on "patient
treatment" than business and he is calling for more "private" care in
the system.... *Yeah, let's be Canada...

Why strive to be mediocre? *The WHO ranks Canada's health care system at
#30, just a few places ahead of us, at #37. *Shouldn't we be aiming
higher? *Perhaps, we should try to knock France out of the #1 spot.

WHO might want to take a peek at this:

By Darah Hansen, Vancouver SunAugust 10, 2009

VANCOUVER — Vancouver patients needing neurosurgery, treatment for
vascular diseases and other medically necessary procedures can expect
to wait longer for care, NDP health critic Adrian Dix said Monday.

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As many of 112 full-time jobs — including 13 anesthesiologist
positions — would be affected by the reductions, the document says.

“Clearly this will impact the capacity of the health-care system to
provide care, not just now but in the future,” Dix said.

Further reductions in surgeries are scheduled during the Olympics,
when the health authority plans to close approximately a third of its
operating rooms.

And those doctors will likely move to the USA where they'll be
gainfully employed - unless Obama has his way.
--
John H

"BEND OVER - The 'change' is coming!"