darin
01-02-2008, 05:30 PM
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - A Surrey woman's holiday in California has turned into a healthcare nightmare. The 68-year old needed emergency surgery after her appendix burst, but now she can't come home due to a lack of hospital beds.
Arlene Meeks has been in a California hospital since December 17th. Her family has been trying to get her transferred back to the Lower Mainland for 2 weeks now but they haven't had any luck.
Stephen Harris with the South Fraser Health Region says the issue is a shortage of ventilated intensive care unit beds, which are highly specialized. He says over the holidays, it's not surprising to see those beds filled up.
More at link:
http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20080102_101452_5180
Socialized health care is only about more government involvement and control of our lives. It's not about health, nor care, ironically.
Those who support the idea in this country must resound themselves to consciously turning a blind-eye towards the inherent problems of such programs - not inconveniences - serious life-threatening problems. Why folk are willing to refuse evidence showing how broken National Health Care systems are is beyond me. Perhaps they are short-sighted to the point of denial? They LOVE the 'feel-goods' THEY get when they think of such a program, regardless how dangerous it can be to society as a whole.
Arlene Meeks has been in a California hospital since December 17th. Her family has been trying to get her transferred back to the Lower Mainland for 2 weeks now but they haven't had any luck.
Stephen Harris with the South Fraser Health Region says the issue is a shortage of ventilated intensive care unit beds, which are highly specialized. He says over the holidays, it's not surprising to see those beds filled up.
More at link:
http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20080102_101452_5180
Socialized health care is only about more government involvement and control of our lives. It's not about health, nor care, ironically.
Those who support the idea in this country must resound themselves to consciously turning a blind-eye towards the inherent problems of such programs - not inconveniences - serious life-threatening problems. Why folk are willing to refuse evidence showing how broken National Health Care systems are is beyond me. Perhaps they are short-sighted to the point of denial? They LOVE the 'feel-goods' THEY get when they think of such a program, regardless how dangerous it can be to society as a whole.