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ER doctor's quick action saved life of 8-year-old girl
Girl sent to Detroit
Windsor Star ^
| June 8, 2012
| Monica Wolfson
Posted on 06/10/2012 1:50:46 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
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To: BfloGuy
Remember how liberals would shove our faces in the ‘oh so brilliant' Europeans? How their socialism worked? And what were we afraid of? Well, turns out the price was too high. Greece, Spain, Portugal, France, Ireland ... broke. Ka-put. Not so brilliant now...
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posted on
06/10/2012 3:37:12 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Take your little hammer, little sickle and your scary red signs with a fist on it, and go home...)
To: RobinOfKingston
My sainted mother used to tell stories of making food for and taking it to someone in the hospital. I guess this was common.
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posted on
06/10/2012 3:39:46 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
To: null and void
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.
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posted on
06/10/2012 4:37:47 PM PDT
by
Former Proud Canadian
(Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)
To: raybbr
>>Did you have to yell up from the basement? <<
Some people care for their aged parents.
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posted on
06/10/2012 4:38:30 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Romney scares me. Obama is the freaking nightmare that is so bad you are afraid to go back to sleep)
To: kjo
I’d take your bet, but I would be past posting.
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posted on
06/10/2012 4:39:18 PM PDT
by
Former Proud Canadian
(Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)
To: Former Proud Canadian
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.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....
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posted on
06/10/2012 4:50:55 PM PDT
by
taildragger
(( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
To: Former Proud Canadian
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.
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posted on
06/10/2012 5:22:12 PM PDT
by
sima_yi
( Reporting live from the People's Republic of Boulder)
To: BfloGuy
>> “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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posted on
06/10/2012 5:35:15 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they were.)
To: Former Proud Canadian
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.
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posted on
06/10/2012 5:36:38 PM PDT
by
jocon307
To: BfloGuy
I think its pretty clear what they will do. Like us, they will die.
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posted on
06/10/2012 6:01:46 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: cripplecreek; Waywardson
I was wrong. My mother says the total hospital bill for my delivery was $80 in 1964. And back then she likely stayed in the hospital for quite some time. Does she remember how long?
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posted on
06/10/2012 6:38:53 PM PDT
by
Bellflower
(The LORD is Holy, separated from all sin, perfect, righteous, high and lifted up.)
To: jocon307
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.
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posted on
06/10/2012 6:42:08 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Former Proud Canadian
This doctor probably realized that US lawyers could not sue him for practicing medicine in Canada. If he had brought this girl to Detroit and the outcome had been bad he would have had every ambulance chaser piling on.
The statute of limitations does not apply to pediatric cases gone badly,
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posted on
06/10/2012 6:59:12 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
("If History teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything")
To: Bellflower
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.
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posted on
06/10/2012 7:10:01 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: editor-surveyor
Hopefully turn to Gods word and use the herbs he provided for real healing, sans surgery or drugs. Pray tell, what herbs are good for a collapsed lung, lacerated liver and ruptured spleen following a traffic accident?
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posted on
06/10/2012 7:32:50 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1237 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama is not a Big Brother [he's a Big Sissy...])
To: Former Proud Canadian
Good! Both the US and the Canadian systems have their strengths and weaknesses.
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posted on
06/10/2012 7:36:59 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1237 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama is not a Big Brother [he's a Big Sissy...])
To: sima_yi
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.
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posted on
06/10/2012 7:50:42 PM PDT
by
grellis
(I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
To: null and void
And neither system would fly in the other country.
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.
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posted on
06/10/2012 8:31:13 PM PDT
by
Former Proud Canadian
(Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)
To: sima_yi
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posted on
06/10/2012 8:36:53 PM PDT
by
Former Proud Canadian
(Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)
To: null and void
>> “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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posted on
06/10/2012 9:12:12 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they were.)
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