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Originally Posted by btimbit
Direct quote from my fiancee, a ACP and Supervisor in Calgary
"More doctors, more nurses, more medics. Some people have suggested stuff like EMT's watching waiting areas. That's dumb. Don't spend money fixing symptoms, spend it fixing the problem. Stop treating healthcare workers like garbage so they stop leaving, give the budget increase to reach proper staffing levels. The waiting area problem isn't great but still is the wrong focus, we can't fill a schedule anyway"
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That's pretty definitive. I think we agree more than not. I agree that money and staff treatment are a problem. I was only trying to say that it makes sense to spend money on non-doctors because it can be hard to hire more doctors.