Why Canada Sucks..................
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From the citation:
"Long Emergency Room Wait Time in Canada Provokes Man To Take Drastic Measures"
"Canada?s health care system is one of the most praised in the modern world for its accessibility, comprehensiveness, portability, public administration and universality. Ultimately, it operates under a model that allows anyone to acute care when in need by merely walking into the emergency room for help. However, because anyone can claim its benefits, strong limits are placed on the amount of resources available in the system to treat patients and ensure a consistent high quality of service. This often results in frustration for patients, who are often waiting an excess of 6 hours in the emergency room just to see a doctor.
41 year old Robert Troy Coldwell of West Kelowna, British Columbia was one of those frustrated individuals. He had reportedly entered the emergency room at 8pm complaining of symptoms resembling a heart attack.
After not being attended to for 45 minutes, he left the emergency department and returned later that night at 11pm. At this point he began to become unruly and threatened to drive his vehicle through the emergency room doors if he did not receive medical attention. He was then told by the staff to calm down or they would have to contact the police. He was not seen by a physician so he left the emergency room untreated for a second time that night.
At this point he followed through with his promise by driving his 1987 Chevy Blazer through the ER double doors and into its hallway. Luckily, nobody within the ER department was injured. Police officers arrived a short while later and arrested the man who was still behind the wheel of his vehicle. Even after all the events that unfolded, it is still uncleaer if he was seen by a doctor?"
From the citation:
"Long Emergency Room Wait Time in Canada Provokes Man To Take Drastic Measures"
"Canada?s health care system is one of the most praised in the modern world for its accessibility, comprehensiveness, portability, public administration and universality. Ultimately, it operates under a model that allows anyone to acute care when in need by merely walking into the emergency room for help. However, because anyone can claim its benefits, strong limits are placed on the amount of resources available in the system to treat patients and ensure a consistent high quality of service. This often results in frustration for patients, who are often waiting an excess of 6 hours in the emergency room just to see a doctor.
41 year old Robert Troy Coldwell of West Kelowna, British Columbia was one of those frustrated individuals. He had reportedly entered the emergency room at 8pm complaining of symptoms resembling a heart attack.
After not being attended to for 45 minutes, he left the emergency department and returned later that night at 11pm. At this point he began to become unruly and threatened to drive his vehicle through the emergency room doors if he did not receive medical attention. He was then told by the staff to calm down or they would have to contact the police. He was not seen by a physician so he left the emergency room untreated for a second time that night.
At this point he followed through with his promise by driving his 1987 Chevy Blazer through the ER double doors and into its hallway. Luckily, nobody within the ER department was injured. Police officers arrived a short while later and arrested the man who was still behind the wheel of his vehicle. Even after all the events that unfolded, it is still uncleaer if he was seen by a doctor?"
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