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Burning Down · 03-29-2014, 07:01 AM

I have never heard about anyone complaining about super long wait times here. I don't know where Americans get this idea or what they hear about our system down there. I had to wait longer in a Detroit hospital than I have ever had to wait here, and I was more seriously ill. I got worse the longer I waited. Maybe it's also a case by case basis in the US, but at the time I thought how ridiculous it was for Americans to always go on and on about how great it is there and how they don't have to wait. In hindsight, I should have gone back across the border to a hospital in Windsor but time was of the essence.

The longest I've had to wait to see a specialist was probably 2 weeks at the most as well. Not too bad considering that he has a full roster of patients.

I think it definitely makes a difference that I live in a large urban centre. But there is still overcrowding in hospitals here, especially in labour and delivery wards (I have heard about women in hospitals here having to give birth in the hallway, out in public, because there were no delivery beds).

03-29-2014, 07:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
Burning Down The Music Guru. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Beyond the Wall Posts: 4,858	I have never heard about anyone complaining about super long wait times here. I don't know where Americans get this idea or what they hear about our system down there. I had to wait longer in a Detroit hospital than I have ever had to wait here, and I was more seriously ill. I got worse the longer I waited. Maybe it's also a case by case basis in the US, but at the time I thought how ridiculous it was for Americans to always go on and on about how great it is there and how they don't have to wait. In hindsight, I should have gone back across the border to a hospital in Windsor but time was of the essence. The longest I've had to wait to see a specialist was probably 2 weeks at the most as well. Not too bad considering that he has a full roster of patients. I think it definitely makes a difference that I live in a large urban centre. But there is still overcrowding in hospitals here, especially in labour and delivery wards (I have heard about women in hospitals here having to give birth in the hallway, out in public, because there were no delivery beds).