If the Canadian health-care system were a corporation, it would be among the biggest in the world. Last year, the total amount paid into the system — or the revenues it pulled in, depending on how you look at it — topped out at a record $183.1 billion, enough to
lack of understanding by some of your emergency staff KGH
I have been very sick for the last 4 years now…I was told i had GERD then i was told i had (dysphagia) also . i was 32 going on 33 when all of this started i am now 36..I was 132 pounds when it started i dropped to 80
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Failure to check identity before administering IV opiods and failure to perform normal monitoring of postsurgical patient Niagara Health System-St. Catharines General
I had gynecological surgery October 8, 2010 and in the following 48 hours was subject to several errors which have eroded my trust in the facility and could have done me grievous injury if I had not been more alert. In the first 4 to perhaps 8 hours post surgery,
Holding a patient against her will. H.H. Williams Memorial Hospital – Hay River
Patient wishes to come home after a stroke and anuerysm. Patient is eating thickened food and being at home could offer her the same care that she’s receiving in the hospital. She has been left in diapers for hours until her bottom was bleeding. Left curled up on the bed
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Not enough beds and on top long wait times SunnyBrook – Toronto
My dad was in for checkup for his fractured leg and doctor said that the first operation did not go well so they will take him right away for second surgery – that being said… no food for him since morning. after doctor checkup – he was made to sit
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Confusion in the E.R. Sudbury Regional Hospital
I went to emerg after suffering from a severe gallbladder attack for 12 hours (finally was able to get up and go). The regitration/triage part of my visit was quick and timely…. however once I got into the back it was a different story. I work in a Medical Laboratory,
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Waiting Time Timmins District Hospital
Went in the other night, only two people ahead of me in line to see the doctor. Was waiting for 5.5 hours. This is like this everytime I go, Most of the time its a 10 hour wait. While I am waiting in the waiting room, you can hear gigling
Nightmare in Niagara… The Greater Niagara General Hospital
I am writing this letter to report the shocking and appalling treatment my eighty year old Father (Pat Hegarty) and I received at the hands of the emergency staff at The Greater Niagara General Hospital on the evening of July 23rd, 2010 . Upon entering the hospital at approximately 7:45pm,
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Professional Misconduct Marham Stouffville Hospital –
Problem started when I took my pregnant wife to the hospital and we met the Doctor. By the following month, they were always on the phone. One day, I got back early from work and was told that my wife had gone out with the doctor. When she returned, close
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Very poor treatment – Vulgar triage staff l’Hôpital du Suroît – Valleyfield
My girlfriend was thrown from her horse in Saint-Lazare, on Thursday, August 12th, at approximately 6:30pm. First Responders took her by ambulance to Valleyfield Hospital. Jennifer is in the process of becoming a Canadian resident, and does not yet have her Quebec RAMQ card yet, and does not have any
Continue ReadingVery poor treatment – Vulgar triage staff l’Hôpital du Suroît – Valleyfield