Posted on 06/10/2012 1:50:46 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
A critically ill eight-year-old child is alive today because a Windsor emergency room doctor refused to wait for provincial approval to send the child to a Detroit hospital, according to the patient’s mother and hospital doctor.
“She needed emergency surgery and if you don’t operate she was going to die,” said Dr. David Adekoya, Windsor Regional Hospital’s chief of emergency surgery who was at the hospital when the girl was treated. “She needed to be at a facility within an hour. We needed to make a decision and not wait around.”
.... After the transfer to Detroit was arranged, CritiCall approved it and all medical bills were paid for by the province, according to Mary’s mother and Musyj. A team from Detroit arrived in Windsor with a nurse, respiratory therapist and two paramedics, Mary’s mom said. Mary was diagnosed in Detroit with having multiple aneurysms clustered in her brain.
n the past year, Windsor Regional sent 52 patients to Michigan hospitals, while Hotel-Dieu sent 47 to Detroit area hospitals.
(Excerpt) Read more at windsorstar.com ...
My sainted mother used to tell stories of making food for and taking it to someone in the hospital. I guess this was common.
Re post 7, no, if you read the article you will see that Windsor sends about 2 patients a week to Detroit for treatment. The problem was getting authorization to do so. The doctor got the authorization after he made the call.
>>Did you have to yell up from the basement? <<
Some people care for their aged parents.
I’d take your bet, but I would be past posting.
Officially or Un-Officially? Rumor is they have EMS -Ambulances just waiting to go over in Windsor just to get treatment in Detroit, which by the way has the most sought after ER residence Doctors in the country, due to what they see.
One of my gnomes tells me "pre-mee's" are often sent here ( around Buffalo a lot) because we can do things for them here we can't.
It gets sad for the little ones if mom or dad did something stupid like a pot bust, when the kid is sick, they can't get into the States to see it....
Things must be pretty bad with Canada’s health care system if they have to send patients to Detroit (DETROIT!) to get proper medical care.
>> “This is a very good example of what government health care causes.” <<
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Amen!
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>> “What will Canadians do when America finally succumbs completely to the socialist disease?” <<
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Hopefully turn to God’s word and use the herbs he provided for real healing, sans surgery or drugs.
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Well, God bless that doctor and also the team from Detroit.
What struck me is that even in on of our most messed up cities, you can still get world class health care.
This is what makes me so sick of the left, everything is bad to them, nothing is ever good or worthy of praise.
I think many of them would like to go back to the old feudal days, we’ll be the serfs and they’ll be our lords and masters.
I think its pretty clear what they will do. Like us, they will die.
And back then she likely stayed in the hospital for quite some time. Does she remember how long?
As I understand it, DMC is a fine hospital. They see lots of trauma cases which tends to make good emergency care docs. They also provide sports medical care for the Tigers and I assume other pro sports in Detroit.
Besides, just down the road is UofM which is largely a med school with some top notch hospitals.
I think back then it was only a few days but Albion Michigan isn’t a big town and it was a small hospital which makes a difference.
Pray tell, what herbs are good for a collapsed lung, lacerated liver and ruptured spleen following a traffic accident?
Good! Both the US and the Canadian systems have their strengths and weaknesses.
Detroit is a cesspool in many, many ways but the city’s medical facilities have always been top notch. In spite of living in the fairly affluent suburbs, whenever a member of my family needed specialized care, we went to a Detroit hospital. Thinking back, the same was true of many of the families in my neighborhood.
Canadians think their health care is "free". Of course it isn't.
American hospitals that I have seen look like upscale hotels. Most Canadian hospitals are somewhat run down as the government saves money on repairs.
I like to tell this true story. Remember, you just flash your health card and you get health care. Years ago I had a small wood sliver in my foot. There was no one home to pull it out and I couldn't reach it so I went to the clinic. A real live medical doctor pulled out my sliver. What a waste of talent, and taxpayer money, but that's just how it is.
See post 32.
>> “Pray tell, what herbs are good for a collapsed lung, lacerated liver and ruptured spleen following a traffic accident?” <<
Slippery elm bark is definitely the choice for the lacerated liver and for the spleen, along with cayenne to control the hemorrhaging. For the lung it would be advantageous to know the cause. Lobelia would certainly be helpful in any case; surgery almost never is.
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