On the heels of this story from Canada, where an emergency physician was denied citizenship because of his sick daughter, comes another one from Australia:
Dr Bernhard Moeller has worked in Horsham (Victoria) for two years, leading the intensive care of patients and supervising other GPs in the region of about 54,000 residents. He currently has a’temporary 457 visa’ which is valid until 2010, but has been denied permanent residency because of the potential cost implications of having a disabled child.
Not increasing the burden on their health care systems takes clear priority in both countries, doctor shortage be damned.
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Pretty sick isn’t it… that’s just the way it is here. We can die waiting for health care but the good doctor can’t stay, sad…ciao
It is sad, but it is the natural consequences of collectivized healthcare costs. If Australia were “backwards” and it was solely the responsibility of the family to care for it’s own, then it would be non of their business and they wouldn’t have any reason to care.
It is also “sad” for small families with handicapped children to have no help, and even sadder if the parents find themselves growing old with no idea how their mentally retarded child is going to live.
So it seems that “sad” is and inevitable part of life and there is no perfect set of government policies that will eliminate that.
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