CAEP President Dr. Michael Howlett explains the two key factor that are behind the closures of emergency rooms across Canada.
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I do not think that it was considered that many babyboomers would need more care as they age
Why wouldn’t they? They should just take care of themselves
Ukraine needs the money. Not Canadian hospitals or other institutions.
We can afford both!
Tell me you’re a drone without telling me you’re a drone lol
Hire more staff
Pay them smaller salaries.
that’s only part of the problem. much of it is the facilities are too small. my wifes hospital has patients in the hallways. theres not enough beds or rooms for the patients.
They’re leaving the field in droves. Burnt out. Wage freezes.
Weโve known this for decades. WHEN will this ever be fixed???
Sole supplier for $18 tooth brushes. .. never
when the wealthy boomers who rode the best economy ever through their productive years pay for it
Never. Fixing its health care system is beyond Canada’s capabilities.
Never.
Maybe deligate some easy tasks to others that are not fully educated yet; just saying that because of length of time needed to be fully educated in this feild? Or maybe fast track students?…
They already have that in Ontario hospitals. They are called Clinical Externs; usually nursing students who basically function has PSWs and can learn nursing skills along the way.
@Matthew Leclair sounds like we need more of those. Much more. We don’t need someone with several years of adult-level education to learn how to check my blood pressure.
@Nike Dattani Also needs to chop and eliminate the vast volume of bureaucracy that exists in the health care system. For every ER patient, an ER Doctor spends 10 minutes talking to a patient, 5 minutes looking at the patients chart and 5 minutes to determine the course of action and provide the orders. The remaining 90 minutes for said patient is filling out and submitting paperwork. And I am not exaggerating. This is why you have such long waits in the ER room.
@Mia Faggito if we hired ER doctors that know how to read and write, they wouldn’t have to spend 90 minutes on paperwork, while rushing to spend as little time as possible on medical attention.
LOL, get actual managers there. Tons of ways to create efficiencies.
Country is falling apart. Thanks, liberal voters. Thanks, NDP voters
Lol, the guy is talking about a generational trend and you point the finger at a relatively new government that doesn’t oversee healthcare… ๐
@Hyperpandas a relatively new govmt who’s PM has created more debt than all other PMs combined since the beginning of the state
@Meridian Line Which has what to do with emergency rooms closing?
I remember hearing about this as a kid. Not enough staff to deal with baby boomers. 20 years ago you couldn’t get into nursing if you tried. Cuts and cuts. Can’t get a GP to save your life. Bloody joke our governments.
if you want something completely screwed up top to bottom, put govt in charge of it
But TRUDJOKE has billions to give away to everyone except canadian citizens!!
Trudeau doesn’t care, but neither do the Conservatives. I have been hearing about this for 40 years.
But I thu they fixed this covid 19
Look who the premiere is… He can’t even manage his weight, yet alone a province.
What? What are you talking about?
Because they fired they’re unvaccinated staff…. that’s why.
That’s right. How are your mandates working for you Trudeau???? Not
He obviously got paid to leave the most significant reason out
We all know itโs because Of inept horrible govt.
Surely nothing to do with the over reaction regarding the coof
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“They” who said 30 years ago that we had too many doctors, were Canadian doctors themselves! I remember that very well.
I remember that too !
Unions and Government together equals bad service and over budget every time.
Imagine if government, yes you Jason Kenney, supported health care like doctors & nurses, not attacking them, cutting jobs & wages. I think we need to get rid of certain government but seriously they all are pathetic.
Hahahhahahah
The coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic downture is hitting Canada at a time when unexpected medical bills were already a primary concern for many Canadians.