by rayharvey on May 26, 2009
Just recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) calculated that Britain, with its arrantly collectivized healthcare system, has “as many as 25,000 unnecessary cancer deaths a year because of under-provision of care. Twelve percent of specialists surveyed admitted refusing kidney dialysis to patients suffering from kidney failure because of limits on cash. Waiting lists for medical treatment have become so long that there are now ‘waiting lists’ for the waiting list” (Source).
In Canada, before one can receive proper medical care, one must first be referred to a specialist, and the waiting list for something like a gynecological surgery is “4 to 12 weeks, cataract removal 12 to 18 weeks, tonsillectomy three to 36 weeks and neurosurgery five to 30 weeks. Also, Toronto-area hospitals, concerned about lawsuits, ask patients to sign a legal release accepting that while delays in treatment may jeopardize their health, they nevertheless hold the hospital blameless” (Ibid).
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Posted by rayharvey on Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 at 5:08 pm