Having said that, if Canada has a superior national health care system, why is it necessary to fly a critically injured woman from one of Canada's best hospitals to a hospital in New York City?
Sorry, but: Who is Natasha Richardson?
Can’t place her. Is she a celeb?
excellent question
YOU know the answer...and yes, this is a tragedy....and it may make Americans MORE aware of Canada's health "care" problems...
It is very tragic and sad. And hopefully she will recover.
BUT again, if her condition is so serious and fragile, why risk a flight. Why effect, if any, might the cabin air compression have on a person who is suffering from swelling of the brain? I don’t know but it sounds like an unnecessary risk, IMHO.
The only reason I can think for taking such a risk is that the care she is receiving in Canada is inferior to that provided in the U.S.
Okay. Prayers for her, her husband and family.
Perhaps they have a doctor or specialist that the family requested?
Feared dead. I wonder which came first, the brain event (stroke, TIA?) or the fall. Most people who were there said it wasn’t much of a fall.
She was in “Aria”, too.
It says a lot about the relative quality of care in Canada and the United States that a patient with brain swelling would have a better prognosis if she were taken out of a hospital and flown a thousand miles to get the superior US care. For brain swelling, a high-altitude air flight is not what the doctor ordered.
Keep in mind, of course, that as a celebrity, Natasha Richardson was already getting the very best care the Canadian system had to offer. The poor slob out in Alberta can’t get one-tenth the care she can, and still she has to be sent across the border when the going gets tough.
Well, after we have ObamaCare in this country, where are the Canadians going to go? They’ll have to die at home, just like us.
That said, I have nothing against Natasha Richardson and wish her a speedy recovery. I am glad that the superior United States health care system still exists and can, hopefully, meet her needs.
Prayer for her and her family. The remake of The Parent Trap was adorable and she was utterly charming in her role as the mother.
Ski accident. She seemed fine at first then started getting headaches a few hours later.
Sounds like a classical subdural hematoma, but I thought the procedure was fairly basic (you drill a hole, drain it out and hope for the best).
Why does she need to be flown south for the operation. Every minute is supposed to count.
Although the phenomenon can sometimes take days, weeks, even months to do the victim in. Some say that’s what killed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
I hope she recovers and obviously her family believes NYC hospital offers higher quality medical services than the socialized medicine in Canada. I doubt if any media reporter will mention this fact.
Many of the world’s best doctors are in NYC. Either hopefully to recover, or before giving up on a hopeless case, you’d want to consult with the best, especially if money was no object.