Getting off the list
I do not want to say that any given system is broken. However, in Canada getting a family doctor is akin to winning the lottery. Not a large lottery but nevertheless. When we move back it took us several years to actually get on someones list. Gave us a chance to avoid those horrible systems or you end up at the doctor’s office to scramble for the openings that are there just that day. We survived. And yesterday son #3 announced that he had finally got a family doctor. Like us he had to wait about a decade. It is fortunate that we are all in reasonably good health. For someone wanting to come to this country be aware that we may have free medicine but you may never get to see a doctor on your own terms. At least not in your lifetime. Do not despair we’re getting a new medical system a new medical facility a new Medical College if you will. We have been told that there will soon be a school for doctors here in the province. I have not yet figured out what that will actually mean for people living here because when you’re a doctor you can go where you want. You can follow the money as many of them do. And yes it’s a wonderful thing to imagine a medical school with doctors coming out the indoor and the outdoor overflowing into the streets but somehow I do not think that is what will happen. Like everything else that the government gets involved in, there will be strict ratios and strict accountability. But back to the current case my son now has a family doctor and that is worth celebrating. He’s one of the fortunate because roughly a quarter of the population of this province is still on a waiting list. And no he does not live in this province but the same rules apply. I went outside this afternoon into the backyard and what I can tell you is that this time of year the wind is still very chilled. Also someone sighted a beaver in their driveway yesterday not me but it does make me wonder period. Was this critter seriously lost. Just going to add it to our list of wild animals seen around the yard.
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