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Can anyone imagine an American with a burst appendix going through this kind of ordeal?
Thursday Oct. 11, 11 p.m. — Dany Bureau starts to feel pains in his stomach. He goes to sleep thinking he just has a stomach ache.
Friday Oct. 12, 3 p.m. – Mr. Bureau and his mother go to the Wakefield hospital. A doctor determines that there is a problem with Mr. Bureau’s appendix. Calls are made to hospitals in Hull, Gatineau, Maniwaki, Buckingham and Ottawa to find a surgeon. A surgeon cannot be found.
8:25 p.m. — Robert Bureau, Dany’s father, receives a call informing him that a surgeon is available at the Montreal General Hospital.
8:30 p.m. — Mr. Bureau leaves his home in Aylmer for Montreal.
8:37 p.m. — The ambulance leaves Wakefield hospital with Mr. Bureau.
Saturday, Oct. 13, 12:15 a.m. — The ambulance with Dany Bureau arrives at the Montreal General Hospital after missing the Décarie exit and then mistakenly unloading him at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. The surgeon who had been awaiting Dany Bureau’s arrival has since become occupied with another trauma case.
9:50 p.m. — Dany Bureau is taken in for surgery
Sunday, Oct. 14, 12:10 a.m. — The surgeon who operated on Dany Bureau tells his father that his appendix had burst and that he had developed peritonitis. As a result, he is hospitalized for several days so his recovery can be monitored.
I didn’t think so.
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:16 am
Once again you love these stories. And ones like these could never exist in the American system flush with cash. Umm wrong!!!! Link for you.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/04/1641/
Here’s the deal. You find a case against our system, and I’ll find a case against your system. I just want things to be fair, so who ever reads your blog realizes that cases like the one above happens just as frequently in the U.S. as it does in Canada. It’s always funny that you only post Canadian examples.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:02 am
The american health care system is horrible!!! They are only required to stabilize you. If you have a serious problem you are just going to die unless you have insurance. And if you have a serious illness then YOU CAN’T GET INSURANCE!!!
AMERICA HAS THE WORSE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM EVER. It is a profit industry and thats what matters (not the people)
And just to let you guys know, I am american. And I am not a big fan of Micheal Moore, but he is dead right on this issue!!
August 30th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Funny how most people with money travel to America (worst health care system) for treatment. In America, even illegal aliens get world class treatment, for free I must add. If you don’t get insurance through your employer, you can purchase very good insurance privately. If you are truly too poor to afford insurance, we have Medicaid. It may not make accesible the best of the best but in America, anyone that needs health care gets health care. The idea that you have to beg your “masser” government for your health care is sickening to must free men and women. I guess if you are enslaved long enough, you succomb to a slave’s mentality. Keep thanking your masser for the bread crumbs he gives you.