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To: SeekAndFind

“based on not only its healthcare system (such as access to health services)”

Yeah, access.

Cancer-stricken girl who waited more than a year to see a GP died within weeks of diagnosis, her family claim

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cancer-sarcoma-diagnosis-delay-covid-b2117294.html

Man died after excessive wait for cancer treatment

https://www.ombudsman.org.uk/making-complaint/what-we-can-and-cant-help/how-we-have-helped-others/man-died-after-excessive-wait-cancer-treatment


5 posted on 07/07/2023 9:12:01 PM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: lowbridge

This principle was recognized in the 2005 Supreme Court of Canada case of Chaoulli v. Quebec, the same case in which Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin pointedly observed: “Access to a waiting list is not access to health care.”

https://www.integrityhealthcare.ca/access-to-a-waitlist-is-not-access-to-health-care/


6 posted on 07/07/2023 9:14:44 PM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: lowbridge

yep
the health care system here is NOT a friend to cancer patients


11 posted on 07/08/2023 4:47:25 AM PDT by SisterK (it's controlled demolition)
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