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Originally Posted by kn

My wife had to undergo an emergency gall bladder removal a couple weeks ago, followed by another surgery to insert a stent. Through that process, scans revealed a mass on her kidney. The emergency physician said it looked like cancer but we'll need follow up scans to be sure.

When discussing this with a surgeon on the ward, who was quite dismissive of our concerns, I said I'd go through work to get the MRI. He said that was unnecessary and "a lot of paperwork" and they'd get her in for an MRI "right away".

We got the letter today. Her MRI is scheduled for February, 2025! We were shocked and thought it must have been a typo. A call confirmed that no, 2025 is the next available appointment.

What the actual ****? How can there be such a backlog in diagnostic imaging? Is everyone working taking a coffee break after every patient?

If it is indeed cancer, I wonder how long it will be before treatment, 2026?

Alberta Health Services is terminating a contract that affects many radiologists at Calgary and Edmonton hospitals next year and the head of a group representing those who will be impacted says “the timing really couldn’t be worse.”


“This really couldn’t have been announced at a worse time and it just comes across as cruel and petty,” Dr. Robert Davies, president of the Alberta Society of Radiologists, told Global News on Monday night. “In the short-term, radiologists, like other physicians in the province, are focused on getting prepared for the COVID-19 epidemic.

https://globalnews.ca/news/6687516/a...-contract-ahs/


This is what happens when you treat HCW like they are toilet paper. Another winning move by Alberta Conservatives. We should probably just give them another term now. Cruel and Petty is a pretty great tagline for the UCP.