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Posted 5/9/2012 4:00:00 AM

Still people talking to me about the wait time in doctor’s offices and how they get charged if they miss an appointment and can’t give 24 hours notice. Brian writes to say, look, Bob if a doctor is dealing with a patient who has a life altering disease he cannot just whisk them out of the office when their time is up – so, you might have to wait. He says when you really need a doctor, you will be happy to get more than the allotted 15 minutes. In a related item, Bruce Angus in Selkirk, Manitoba, is filing a complaint with that province’s health minister about his family doctor. Two weeks before his 60 year old wife, Samantha, died of a heart attack, she went to the doctor, complaining of back pain. The doctor checked that out and then she mentioned what might be a heart problem. He says his wife told him the doctor stopped her and said, “One appointment, one problem.” A tragic case, but I stand by my original comment. Medical relations would be better if the patient waiting for a couple of hours could simply be told why and how long it would be. Communication is key. Let me know what you think.

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fred posted on 05/09/2012 08:56 AM This comment was edited by a moderator at 10:14 AM on 05/09/2012
Bob, a good ruler measures both ways. If I am expected to pay for my delays then....

Bob replies: You may want to finish this. Not everyone can make the connection.
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Max posted on 05/09/2012 08:59 AM
The Wait Time in the Hospital Emergency Rooms are often caused by People that were
stabbed or shot, most of the time "known to Police" Many times the witnesses refuse to
identify the Offenders. These People should be charged with Obstruction of Justice, how else can the Police do their Job.
Concerning the Speeders, especially on Highway 63; The Amount of Fines are no
Deterrent to Wage Earners in the 6 Figures. Take their Cars away for a minimum of 30
Days and increase the Fines by double or Triple Amounts.
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Bob $ posted on 05/09/2012 06:53 PM
I feel for Bruce Angus,...
A friend of mine's father went into the hospital because he was having severe chest pains in his chest. They told him to go wait and sit on a chair in the waiting room. My friend waited for his father who was deteriorating the longer he sat in the chair. After about 1/2 hour he collapsed to the floor. During the autopsy they discovered that his aorta had totally ruptured and he bled to dead, sitting on the chair in the waiting room. They asked my friend,..:" Why didn't you bring him in sooner?" ,...my friend responded,..."Why? were you trying to bring more people into the waiting room,...so you could look busy!!!" This also was in Winnipeg. His brother in his late 20s died shortly after that because his spinal meningitis was diagnosed as the "flu"! His brain literally exploded because of the diagnosis by these "doctors"....Also in Manitoba.
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Robert posted on 05/10/2012 06:50 AM
Max is wrong. First of all, there is the whole "Right to remain silent" thing. And aside from the fact that it's wrong morally (shortening it substantially), it's totally counterproductive. If the witness is being charged with something directly with that crime, then this will give the defence the wedge he or she needs to get the perp back onto the streets.

And with what Brian said, I can understand that some doctors may need the extra time for that one patient with a life altering ailment, but that's not the problem. The problem is people being charged for not showing up for an appointment and not being able to cancel within 24 hours regardless of the condition of other patients.
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David W. Lincoln posted on 05/10/2012 10:39 AM This comment was edited by a moderator at 05:59 PM on 05/10/2012
Two things.

1 - How many have to be on the payroll so that doctors, nurses, lab technicians, and everyone else actually involved in the practise of medicine, get paid?

2 - Wouldn't it be worth it for doctor's to resume visiting patients at home?

Bob replies: What a great idea, or put a fridge and TV and counches in the waiting room so it's more like home.
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1. Bob $ posted on 05/10/2012 09:17 PM
  @David W. Lincoln Or as Popeye once said: " An I promisisk to put bigger eleephinks in all of our waitink rooms, to keep the little ones like my Sweepea busy so the doctor can see him and tell me where the hell he came from!"
  
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