Comparing U.S. and other medical systems

[RICHARD]

Sorry you had to go through that Richard, that kind of stuff is unspeakable. A good friend of mine lost her husband 2 years ago and got a wedding invitation for their grandson's wedding, the bride to be's family sent the invitation to her and her husband...what idiots.

Check this out.

I swear this is true,

My dad and GF dies w/in 6 months of each other.

In the same batch of mail?

I got a letter and on the lower left hand corner of the envelope?

FREE Pre-paid Cremation!
Detail inside.

If it's prepaid, it should be free?

[RICHARD]

Here's one to marinate on?

I called my sis and she was upset.

She went to the doctor's office and while she was talking to him she found out that there was a mix up with her medical records.

She has three different chart jackets-all three have to do with her treatment and two have info that together, would have kept the two doctors who are treating her from giving her two types of treatment that contraindicate each other...

Meaning?

Had she not investigated/or spoke to her primary physician-the two treatments together may have killer her.

Lovely.

I worked in a records room for years and that was a HUGE bug up my arse.

Don't take for granted that a physician/surgeon/hospital/HMO knows that you....

Got married.
Hyphenated your name.
Changed your name.
Got divorced
or have entered a witness protection program.

YOU are half of your 'medical team' and if you don't take care of YOUR end of the job?

I had taken the calls of STUPID PATIENTS that have been wed, changed their names, dropped their coverage under their old name, then gone on the spouse's coverage with their new names....All the while accusing me/hospital of losing their records.

morons.

[trayi52]

What about Medicare? Somebody seems to have forgotten the people on Medicare, meaning the people in Washington. They are not giving raises for the next two years, and medicine is sky high! My God, we are the poor, but I haven't even heard him talk about the poor, just the middle class, and the rich.(Obama, that is). Maybe I have missed that speech, if I have, sorry.

Willie

[blue]

Wait a minute.

Danny Williams going to U.S. for heart surgery
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 | 7:21 AM NT Comments632Recommend246

CBC News
N.L. Premier Danny Williams is scheduled to have surgery this week. (CBC)

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams is set to undergo heart surgery this week in the United States.

CBC News confirmed Monday that Williams, 60, left the province earlier in the day and will have surgery later in the week.

The premier's office provided few details, beyond confirming that he would have heart surgery and saying that it was not necessarily a routine procedure.

Deputy Premier Kathy Dunderdale is scheduled to hold a news conference Tuesday morning.

She's expected to provide more details about Williams's condition, as well as how the provincial government will function during his absence.

CBC reporter David Cochrane said Williams appeared to be in good health recently. He described the premier as "fairly active," playing pick-up hockey at least once a week when work permits.

[Catty1]

Hi, blue - haven't seen you for a bit!

If Danny Williams needs a non-routine heart procedure, chances are the wait lists are too long in Newfoundland.

It has happened here in Alberta that the provincial health system has paid for a critical procedure to be done out-of-province, and also in the USA.

One's doctor has to apply, of course - you can't just jump the border and check in to the hospital.

But yeah, it does happen. Hopefully there will be more details in the days to come.

If you can pay for it - you can go to where the treatment is. I did that with my sleep test.

[blue]

Hi, blue - haven't seen you for a bit!

I havent gone anywhere.

you can't just jump the border and check in to the hospital.

Sure you can, you said so yourself.

If you can pay for it - you can go to where the treatment is. I did that with my sleep test.

I need to get one of those sleep tests done myself.

[RICHARD]

Hey,

We just killed one of our state reps with a bad surgery.

I would have thought they killed him by by hemorrhaging.

Nope, They nicked his bowel.

Truly tragic....

I'm betting on a resident surgeon to be involved.