by Heather | Dec 14, 2009 | Access, Canadian Health Care Information
When you think about our universal health care system do you ever wonder about the fairness of waiting lists, otherwise known as queues? Our politicians claim queues provide Canadians with equal access to health care. Do they really? Remember the recent outcry when...
by Heather | Dec 8, 2009 | Canadian Health Care Information, Canadian Health Care Stories
In the eleventh hour on Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Lyall’s waiting comes to an end. Less than three weeks after his appointment with the Oncologists he succumbs to esophageal cancer. No more pain and suffering, no more medications, nebulizer or oxygen. No more...
by Heather | Dec 3, 2009 | Canadian Health Care Information, Canadian Health Care Stories
Lyall’s condition continues to deteriorate and he remains in hospital. He wants to see his granddaughter one more time. After a brief return to work my husband comes home and we prepare to travel with our toddler for one last visit with Grandpa. We arrive in...
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...
