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In reply to the discussion: Best health care system in the world my fuckin ass! [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)The worst part of it was the drive to the hospital, with my parents freaked and arguing about which way to go.
At the hospital, it was a long wait - maybe 45 minutes? Maybe an hour and twenty? Time goes slowly when you are in pain.
But anyway within two hours, I was rushed to surgery, which was done right away. (Surgeons were always on hand back in the day. Even on a Saturday, which is the day it happened to be.)
I stayed the night, due to the fact that the health care folks thought the aenesthesia might have a bad effect on me. I was released the next morning. My parents used the cafeteria at night and in the morning - it was always open (Except maybe from 4Am to 6Am for a cleaning?)
However once the Nineteen Nineties arrived, community after community has lost their community hospital. Usually the drill is "Community hospitals just cannot deliver the level of professional care that a Mainstream Franchised hospital will deliver. This is for the good of the consumers, er, uh, the community! Yeah, that's the ticket!"
And now we consumers, er, uh community members are suffering as a result.