by Heather | Nov 30, 2009 | Canadian Health Care Information, Canadian Health Care Stories
Lyall is not eating or drinking very much. My husband expresses concerns about his father, who is also a type II diabetic, being dehydrated and the doctor agrees to admit him to the hospital over the weekend for a few hours of hydration. My husband and his mother...
by Heather | Nov 28, 2009 | Canadian Health Care Information, Canadian Health Care Stories
In June 2009, we visit my in-laws on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. They are avid golfers who enjoy playing the game daily. So my husband and I don’t think much about it when his father Lyall is experiencing indigestion and has trouble swallowing his...
by Heather | Nov 18, 2009 | Accountability, Canadian Health Care Information
You don’t have to be a brain surgeon to know that a man who has undergone brain surgery needs to remain in hospital for more than two days. Especially if he is already considered to be a high-risk patient due to pre-existing conditions including blindness and...
by Heather | Nov 16, 2009 | Canadian Health Care Information
You don’t have to travel far to see signs illustrating some of the problems within our current Canadian health care system. Here are two signs in my community. It has been said that “a picture is worth a thousand words”. These may be worth...
by Heather | Nov 7, 2009 | Canadian Health Care Information, Health Policy Canada
Many Canadians think that our health care system, more affectionately known as Medicare, is a fair system. This is supported by the belief that a government-run health care system serves the “public good” by allotting medical care based on...