This relates to something that was said in the thread I created about Gary Mar's views on healthcare (
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=108115), but I decided to create a new thread for it.
Here's the point that was made:
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Originally Posted by joe_mullen
I apologize for banging on about this point, but the solution is increased access to primary care. Obviously, that's not an easy problem to solve and it will take some time to see the results. Sadly, our government officials (and the majority of the public for that matter) are more concerned with measures like ER wait times and MRI wait times. These are all a function of peoples access to primary care. If you improve that vital step, everything eventually falls in line.
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Well it turns out Raj Sherman (Alberta Liberal leadership candidate and former PC) agrees. Here's his proposal:
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opini...351/story.html.
Particularly notable:
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Sherman said universities must guarantee 70 per cent of its medical graduates — instead of the current 30 per cent — become family doctors, pediatricians, gerontologists or general internists rather than “fancy schmancy” specialists such as himself to ensure people are taken care of before they need emergency care. Each of those doctors, then, needs to be supported with a team of nurses and other health-care professionals in primary care networks better managed than currently, Sherman said.
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