Canadian Health Care for the Non-Canadian

Dimitri · Super Member Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5947

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2jijuj1ysw

Sadly this is basically what happens.

Dimitri

Pumpkinslinger

I once had a doctor's office tell me that I had to wait a week to see him when I was sick. I asked them if I would be charged for missing the appointment if I died before it occured...

I also changed doctors immediately.

Dimitri · Super Member Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5947

Changing doctors here is a multi-year event just as the vedio suggested.

Dimitri

Dimitri · Super Member Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5947

Yesterday at the hospital.

Arrive at the hospital and pay 5.00$ for parking (1 hour) 4:15pm.
Arrive in the ER and have to wait to get triaged 4:20pm.
Get Triaged 4:40pm
Get Registered in the hospital 4:50pm
Wait for "Ambulatory Care" 4:55pm
Go pay for more parking 7.50$ (hour and a half) 5:15pm
Get put in a room 5:45pm
See a doctor for approximately 3 minutes 6:20pm
Have the nurse patch up the eye 6:35pm
Leave the hospital at 6:40pm.

Dimitri

Pumpkinslinger

That's actually not too bad, but parking would be free for the ER here.

So, what did you do to your eye??

Dimitri · Super Member Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5947

I did nothing, my dad got a piece of rope in his eye when we were tying some boxes I shipped from Greece on the bed of my pick up truck.

There were people who waited longer then us, and the hospital was almost empty. We lucked out as there is only one Optometrist in the ER, and we were the only eye related injury that he needed to attend to. Wink

Dimitri