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- From: wentzell@ace.acadiau.ca (LEEANN WENTZELL)
- Subject: Re: Canadian healthcare system
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:55:38 GMT
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- First, I think that some people in places such as Victoria and Regina, to
- name just two, would be very upset to hear that "there are only four cities
- west of the Great Lakes in Canada." This just promotes the image of Canada
- as a great wasteland of hicks, a very common view "south of the border."
-
- Second, I think that for the vast majority of Canadians, the healthcare
- system is completely adequate. It is simple to see a doctor at anytime of
- the day or night, and treatment is prompt. I know of noone who experienced
- delays in getting much-needed procedures, although things like elective
- surgery do usually take time. CAT-scans and MRI's are widely available (even
- on "the rock" - Newfoundland), and there are very few procedures for which
- one must travel to the States (mostly experimental).
-
- I do agree that, without the great wealth of resources in the States, Canada
- would not be able to maintain its current system. However I also know that
- in a border town in New Brunswick it was found that, after issuing new
- health cards numbers, a large portion of the so-called residents of the town
- were actually Americans using false addresses. We must be doing something
- right :-) !
-
- Lee Ann Wentzell "...foodless toads in
- Biology Department voluptuous chambers panting
- Acadia University crawled..."
- Wolfville, NS, CAN P. B. Shelley - Prometheus Unbound
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