It’s putting patients’ lives at risk: “We’re sounding like we’re in a developing country and not in a province that has the resources that we have.” (via Hogberg)
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we are talking about newfoundland, right? not the most appealing province to live in
to be devil’s advocate.. in this particular example, I’d be more interested in wait times for treatment of kidney cancers or bladder cancers. If there was ever a cancer that you might be willing to wait a year, prostate is probably one of them. However, it’s one thing if YOU, as the patient, CHOOSES to observe and wait on YOUR prostate cancer. It’s an entirely different thing if you are TOLD you have prostate cancer, and the 1-year wait to be treated is shoved down your throat by the “system”. Also, don’t underestimate the detrimental effects of waiting, and anxiety. I comment on this point briefly on my blog:
http://urocanswer.com/?p=12
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“We’re in the process now of developing a physician human resource plan, and we hope to be able to, either in the early fall or late winter, roll out that strategy,” Wiseman said.
Boy, what a go-getter attitude there! There is a critical shortage, and the government’s response is to hopefully roll out a strategy in 6 months. No mention of how long it might take to get approval for this strategy and implement the strategy and see results from the strategy.
I can’t wait for single payer in the USA!
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