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Woman waits in California hospital for a bed to open up here (Canada)
News 1130 Vancourver ^
| January 2, 2008
| Lyle Fisher
Posted on 01/02/2008 3:45:35 PM PST by CedarDave
A Surrey woman's holiday in California has turned into a healthcare nightmare. The 68-year old needed emergency surgery after her appendix burst, but now she can't come home due to a lack of hospital beds.
Arlene Meeks has been in a California hospital since December 17th. Her family has been trying to get her transferred back to the Lower Mainland for 2 weeks now but they haven't had any luck.
Stephen Harris with the South Fraser Health Region says the issue is a shortage of ventilated intensive care unit beds, which are highly specialized. He says over the holidays, it's not surprising to see those beds filled up.
Harris says as soon as a bed becomes available, Meeks will be transferred to a local hospital. Arlene's daughter Kim says her mom is 'frustrated as hell', and she just wants to come home.
NDP Health Critic Adrian Dix says the issue is one that's continued to plague the Lower Mainland and he's blaming Liberal government cuts to acute care beds. "The number of acute care beds in British Columbia was reduced by 1,300 in the first mandate of the government, and some of the new facilities being opened won't be adding to that number."
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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; canada; free; freehealthcare; healthcare; hillarycare; nofreelunch; socializedmedicine
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To: CedarDave
With Hellary care, everything will be “take two aspirin and die”.
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posted on
01/02/2008 5:09:40 PM PST
by
ol' hoghead
(He is not here; for he is risen.)
To: CedarDave
To: lowbridge
I want the left wing democrats to have free health care and I want the doctors that provide that free health care to be a graduate from an affirmative action University. Let me pay for my health care, I will not impose my will on anyone. Just stay out of my life.
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posted on
01/02/2008 6:34:51 PM PST
by
Mojohemi
To: long hard slogger; FormerACLUmember; Harrius Magnus; Lynne; hocndoc; parousia; Hydroshock; ...
Socialized Medicine aka Universal Health Care PING LIST
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posted on
01/03/2008 1:14:59 PM PST
by
socialismisinsidious
( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
To: CedarDave
NDP Health Critic Adrian Dix says the issue is one that's continued to plague the Lower Mainland and he's blaming Liberal government cuts to acute care beds.
Playing politics with health care...that wouldn't happen here. /S! Even though socialized medicine is failing every place it has been tried the loony libs believe that they can make it work...they just need to put the "right" people in charge. Unfortunately their conceit, stupidity and power grabs are going to get the rest of US killed.
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posted on
01/03/2008 1:20:15 PM PST
by
socialismisinsidious
( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
To: kingu
else shed be bankrupt by now, if not dead.
Dead? Are you implying that the hospital wouldn't have treated her, would have turned her from the ER? Would have let her die? Doesn't happen...liberal kool-aid.
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posted on
01/03/2008 1:26:36 PM PST
by
socialismisinsidious
( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
To: socialismisinsidious
Bankrupt because she wouldn’t have used the local alternative of a hospital (she put off going to the emergency room for days, assuming it was the flu, not a ruptured appendix), she would have returned home, and likely had to charter a medical flight when her condition was noticed at the airport.
Dead because I sincerely doubt that she would have received as much timely care under the medical system of Canada, which likely would have advocated removing her from specialized care by this point.
No, I don’t think she would have been turned away by the local hospital, her travel insurance likely ran out a while ago, yet she’s still receiving intensive care.
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posted on
01/03/2008 3:15:32 PM PST
by
kingu
(No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
To: kingu
Got it. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
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posted on
01/04/2008 12:05:59 PM PST
by
socialismisinsidious
( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
To: ol' hoghead
With Hellary care, everything will be take two aspirin and die.
LOL
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