What in the everloving fuck. I had some kinda specific symptoms one weekend, I called the doc on Monday, he said come in this afternoon (must’ve been a bit worried, getting an appointment normally takes longer, I don’t want to misrepresent this).
I went in, we had a chat, he said come back tomorrow for a blood test. I dutifully went in for the test and went home. 8PM that night I got a call from an out of hours doctor, they said get yourself to A&E (emergency room). More bloods taken, I was triaged and admitted (which took about 36hrs - was a heavy time, I wasn’t super urgent).
Spent the next 5 weeks in hospital, I now have a life long condition which necessitates a lot of pills that I’ve been taking for a few years now.
Total out of pocket cost £0.
People still try to claim the US system is superior.
That sucks, but it’s good they discovered the cause right away.
I’ve had chest pain off and on for 20 years now, and I was super paranoid about it because all my relatives died of heart attacks on one side of the family, so I’ve been to the ER multiple times.
Every time, they would admit me immediately, give me an aspirin and hook me to an ECG. One hour later, I leave because everything looks good.
Now when I get chest pain or tightness, I just roll my eyes, try to ignore it, and keep doing what I’m doing.
I finally decided to wear a Holter monitor and get a sonogram done, which revealed something unrelated. They said come back next year so we can look for changes.
Oh right, I’ve never had to worry about paying for anything. All I have to do is show my OHIP card when I walk in to the ER or the imaging clinic.
I did have to wait two weeks to get an appointment from my family doctor for that, followed by a day or two to get the Holter and sonogram, but that’s Canadian health care for ya
What in the everloving fuck. I had some kinda specific symptoms one weekend, I called the doc on Monday, he said come in this afternoon (must’ve been a bit worried, getting an appointment normally takes longer, I don’t want to misrepresent this).
I went in, we had a chat, he said come back tomorrow for a blood test. I dutifully went in for the test and went home. 8PM that night I got a call from an out of hours doctor, they said get yourself to A&E (emergency room). More bloods taken, I was triaged and admitted (which took about 36hrs - was a heavy time, I wasn’t super urgent).
Spent the next 5 weeks in hospital, I now have a life long condition which necessitates a lot of pills that I’ve been taking for a few years now.
Total out of pocket cost £0.
People still try to claim the US system is superior.
That sucks, but it’s good they discovered the cause right away.
I’ve had chest pain off and on for 20 years now, and I was super paranoid about it because all my relatives died of heart attacks on one side of the family, so I’ve been to the ER multiple times. Every time, they would admit me immediately, give me an aspirin and hook me to an ECG. One hour later, I leave because everything looks good.
Now when I get chest pain or tightness, I just roll my eyes, try to ignore it, and keep doing what I’m doing.
I finally decided to wear a Holter monitor and get a sonogram done, which revealed something unrelated. They said come back next year so we can look for changes.
Oh right, I’ve never had to worry about paying for anything. All I have to do is show my OHIP card when I walk in to the ER or the imaging clinic.
I did have to wait two weeks to get an appointment from my family doctor for that, followed by a day or two to get the Holter and sonogram, but that’s Canadian health care for ya