Posted by Maxime on June 14, 2005, at 10:54:07
In reply to Alternative Medicine, posted by dog on June 14, 2005, at 9:17:00
Hi.
The level of care is good once you access it ... it's getting to it that is the problem. We also have a shortage of doctors. Many move to the US to work in the private system to earn more money.
Mental health is awful where I live. I live in Montreal and we have to see a psychiatrist according to our postal code! Luckily it doesn't work that way for other specialties. Well there would be an uproar anyway.
People have to wait a long time for elective surgeries. Even cancer patients often have to wait. Wait, wait, wait. I waited 9 months to see a psychiatrist. Also we have to go through our general practioner (GP) to get a referral to see a specialist. There are so many people without a GP that they end up in the ER. So our ERs are overcrowded. You can wait up to 48 hours to see a doctor. I once waited 3 days to get a psych bed.
I've never had acupuncture for my MS.
Our health care is a disaster. But we have good doctors and absolute idiots just like everywhere else!
Maxime
> my brother is in Canada right now. he is studying at a traditional chinese medical school in BC. he has given me some acupuncture treatments awhile back, but they didn't seem to help much. what do you think about the chinese philosophy of medicine?
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> what is your level of care in Canada? is it pretty good?
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> what do you think about medical marijuana and MS and what are the laws there regarding marijuana?
> here they are very strict. i will not chance it.
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