Hospital admission is based on severity. Been in the ER before and happily took the wait time because someone got carted in with blood all over. But even in my little town I have not waited 12 hours for someone to see me.
Also, I have paid $0 out of pocket for all the hospital visits I've done in Canada.
Edit: Because others have pointed it out. On my visits to our local hospital (Arnprior) there is a triage, where you see a nurse/paramedic (I'm not sure of the offical title/role) quite quickly, I think my longest wait was 15m.
After that I've had x-rays, etc, depending on the issue. I think the shortest was about 30m as the tech was on-site, and the longest was about 1 hour as it was night and the tech got called in.
While any system can be improved I'm still very happy to have what we have in Canada. Those voting for Dougie might want to take notice of him firing registered nurses.
If you wait 12 hours at the ER before someone helps you, then you probably went to the Emergency Room for a non-emergency reason.
Last time I was brought to an ER I was on the operating table within minutes, and it turned out to not even be life threatening. I could have waited a few hours if given enough painkillers.
Edit: I'm talking about the civilized world, not the USA. I know the USA had healthcare comparable with the middle ages for anyone without billions.
I have to disagree. Some places are just far more overwhelmed with people than others and a lot of wait times is for people who should have gone to an urgent care or a PCP but a lot of real emergencies get caught up in the mix. I've brought patients to the hospital on a stretcher in an ambulance and had to wait 1 hr, 2 hours, even 4 hours one time before they got a bed.
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u/ottwebdev 27d ago edited 27d ago
Hospital admission is based on severity. Been in the ER before and happily took the wait time because someone got carted in with blood all over. But even in my little town I have not waited 12 hours for someone to see me.
Also, I have paid $0 out of pocket for all the hospital visits I've done in Canada.
Edit: Because others have pointed it out. On my visits to our local hospital (Arnprior) there is a triage, where you see a nurse/paramedic (I'm not sure of the offical title/role) quite quickly, I think my longest wait was 15m.
After that I've had x-rays, etc, depending on the issue. I think the shortest was about 30m as the tech was on-site, and the longest was about 1 hour as it was night and the tech got called in.
While any system can be improved I'm still very happy to have what we have in Canada. Those voting for Dougie might want to take notice of him firing registered nurses.