Posted on 09/03/2009 3:24:10 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Many people in the US dream of hitting the lottery, and of all the freedom the jackpot would allow.
In Canada, people dream of hitting the lottery too, but their aspirations are more down-to-earth … like finally getting a doctor.
Fox Business News highlights the monthly contest in Norwood that determines who gets to access a family-practice physician, which only is possible because of Norwood’s off-the-books deal to have the town’s doctor add people at all (via the Peoples Press Collective):
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
wow. I wonder if Jericho Ark could do that
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SHOT_IN_COURT?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US
Norwood, where residents hold a lottery to see who gets the town’s only family doctor.
Hogwash. They’re feeding you more foolishness.
Norwood , population 1300 , has one resident doctor.
Norwood is about thirty minutes from Peterborough, Ontario.
There are currently 80 family doctors in Peterborough county and city .
The Peterborough Regional Health Centre is a full service healthcare facility offering 500 inpatient beds and full diagnostic and treatment facilities including rehabilitation, intensive care, emergency services, surgical services, ambulatory care and support services.
1 Hospital Dr
Peterborough, ON K9J 7C6
A regional hospital serving Peterborough, Haliburton, Northumberland counties and City of Kawartha Lakes referral areas. Categories of care include ambulatory care, long-term care, emergency department service, regional renal program, general medicine and general surgery services, mental health, perinatal, pediatrics, critical care, women’s health, ophthalmology, outpatient chemotherapy, urology, plastic surgery, cardiac catheterization, and rehabilitation services. Guest speakers are available for medical topics, rehabilitation programs, hospital development, community outreach and emergency services, diagnostic imaging, patient care, mental health, palliative services, women’s health, and infection control.
The lottery exists. So what’s the hogwash?
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