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Old 09-26-2022, 05:06 PM   #2711
pylon
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WRGMG is how obscenely broken the Health Care system has become.

My Family Dr. has had enough of AHS and apologetically informed me of his leaving the Country, and for 6 months, I have been trying to find a new Family physician with zero luck. I am just one middle aged guy with a spouse and no kids. I feel for those with children that should have access to a family physician long before me.

My father had a complete Aorta and valve replacement performed in December. Last spring he was complaining about light headedness, chest pain, lethargy.... he got the "MRI will takes months" speech. So my mom paid out of pocket for an MRI. He has a massive aneurysm on his Aorta, and so much as lifting a box, could rupture it and kill him on the spot. It took 5 months for them to line up a surgeon, and he was basically bedridden and confined to the couch for that 5 months waiting for his turn. When they finally got it done, the surgeon expressed it is a miracle he was still alive as he was able to rupture it with a swab once he was on the heart lung machine. In the opinion of the Surgeon, the private MRI saved his life.

Just recently, a colleague of mine, took her son to the Doctor for a growth on his back. An MRI was scheduled 5 months out. She pleaded for a quicker result, as she said it was growing. Nope... wait your 5 months. She took it upon herself to pay a private MRI clinic out of pocket to rush him through. He has a massive tumor in his back, and just got results back from the biopsy that it is malignant and aggressive. Had she followed the protocol outlined by AHS her son would have likely had zero chance of survival as it has more than doubled in size in 30 days.

Everyone argues against private Health Care here, but what the hell do you call it, when you have to pay out of pocket to get a test that should be offered on the spot like any other civilized country? People without the means and resources to jump the cue and pay-up, are without question dying, waiting for testing and care.

Part of me is starting to believe this is by design, as a dead patient costs the public system a lot less, than rounds of chemo, radiation and surgeries.

The problem is getting worse by the month nationally, and I believe it is a national crisis.... and this RGMG.
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