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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
Yes, many people do many things, but I maintain that abuse of the health care system is a significant problem.
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I don't always agree with your posts Mikey but I have to here.
I worked as an orderly/security at the Foothills Hospital for 2.5 years while going to MRC and the wasted resources is rampant but not always from people who are dodging work with hot poo. If people want to sit in Emerg for six hours to have their tummy rubbed - let them. In my experience people who are there to abuse the system for that purpose end up leaving because the Triage nurses know how to prioritize and you'll sit while the 'real' cases go in.
Here's an example of the abuse I think of when I think back to my time in the AHS: A woman in her early 20s would eat a box of Gravol on a weekly, sometimes twice a week basis. She would then show up at the Emerg knowing the triage nurses by first name. They would have her file for quick reference, get her a bed, pump her stomach, give her the charcoal chaser, monitor her for 12 hours - send her home. rinse and repeat as needed. For every one of her - there is 20 more and this was just one hospital.
Money, time and resources down the pot over and over again.