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Also a story here from the CBC Radio show White Coat, Black Art
This story looks at a couple of medical cases that are very serious in which people are facing delays in cancer treatments or surgeries necessary to save their eyesight, and are being denied by province's and their medical systems without meritorious cause.
There are literally tons of medical specialists out of work, all sorts of O/Rs and Cancer Treatment facilities being under-utilized, and lives and quality of lives are being risked.
The choice to do so weeks ago, may have been justified when it was unclear how much hospital capacity would be consumed by Covid. We now have clear answers, and this pressing need must be addressed.
The story notes that the woman in Nova Scotia facing blindness (and separately, chemo therapy) has been granted the right to private surgery, for which she must pay, even though her surgery was previously to be covered by the Nova Scotia health system.
Fortunately, she has sufficient funds to do so. But this is certainly not the case for many others.
I was one of many ( a tiny and inconsequential role) who facilitated a media campaign on behalf of the woman in Nova Scotia.
I'm glad that was won, with thanks to both the CBC and the Globe and Mail among others for their coverage.
But its important to say this isn't an isolated issue, many here in Ontario are facing the same sorts of problems.
This story looks at a couple of medical cases that are very serious in which people are facing delays in cancer treatments or surgeries necessary to save their eyesight, and are being denied by province's and their medical systems without meritorious cause.
There are literally tons of medical specialists out of work, all sorts of O/Rs and Cancer Treatment facilities being under-utilized, and lives and quality of lives are being risked.
The choice to do so weeks ago, may have been justified when it was unclear how much hospital capacity would be consumed by Covid. We now have clear answers, and this pressing need must be addressed.
The story notes that the woman in Nova Scotia facing blindness (and separately, chemo therapy) has been granted the right to private surgery, for which she must pay, even though her surgery was previously to be covered by the Nova Scotia health system.
Fortunately, she has sufficient funds to do so. But this is certainly not the case for many others.
I was one of many ( a tiny and inconsequential role) who facilitated a media campaign on behalf of the woman in Nova Scotia.
I'm glad that was won, with thanks to both the CBC and the Globe and Mail among others for their coverage.
But its important to say this isn't an isolated issue, many here in Ontario are facing the same sorts of problems.
