jdobbin Posted January 31, 2007 Report Posted January 31, 2007 http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070130/...t_times_balloon The survey, conducted for the Canadian Medical Association, found doctors believe the wait time strategy is fostering the emergence of "have" and "have not" specialties in medicine."This consultation shows that there is a real and growing balloon effect. In other words the priority in some areas is causing some less priority in other areas," CMA president Dr. Colin McMillan said during a briefing on the results of the survey. "Waiting for health care still remains the single most important issue facing Canadian patients today. We see this every day. I see it in my practice. We see it in this research. And most importantly we see it when our colleagues relate to us their patients' stories." "While there's been some very positive action on wait times, patients and the doctors who care for them are still waiting too long." Quote
geoffrey Posted January 31, 2007 Report Posted January 31, 2007 Funny coming from the 'there are too many doctors' association. Quote RealRisk.ca - (Latest Post: Prosecutors have no "Skin in the Game") --
jdobbin Posted January 31, 2007 Author Report Posted January 31, 2007 Funny coming from the 'there are too many doctors' association. Yes, one of the big reasons that there are wait time now. So many medical student slots chopped in cutbacks to save money. Quote
Saturn Posted January 31, 2007 Report Posted January 31, 2007 So many medical student slots chopped in cutbacks to save money. To save money or to create a shortage? Quote
geoffrey Posted January 31, 2007 Report Posted January 31, 2007 So many medical student slots chopped in cutbacks to save money. To save money or to create a shortage? To create a shortage. The Doc's association was fearing that demand (therefore salaries) would slip so they lobbied hard to cut student positions (or rather, not grow them). Quote RealRisk.ca - (Latest Post: Prosecutors have no "Skin in the Game") --
jdobbin Posted January 31, 2007 Author Report Posted January 31, 2007 To save money or to create a shortage? It did save money but it was short sighted. Doctors got overloaded and many left their positions and there was no one left to replace them. It ended up costing money. Quote
Ricki Bobbi Posted January 31, 2007 Report Posted January 31, 2007 It did save money but it was shot sighted. Doctors got overloaded and many left their positions and there was no one left to replace them. It ended up costing money. Ended up costing money because the Government listened to the short-sighted, self-absorbed CMA... So why should we listen to them on this one? Quote Dion is a verbose, mild-mannered academic with a shaky grasp of English who seems unfit to chair a university department, much less lead a country. Randall Denley, Ottawa Citizen
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