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Old 08-11-2009, 02:55 PM
coadie coadie is offline
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Re: Talking point: Life expectancy/Healthcare rebu

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Originally Posted by Ferd View Post
What are you calling success?

because I think 16 day wait for a hip replacement for Americans is vastly better than waiting 6 months or more.
You are talking hip replacement. My dad's fractured femoral head was broken before noon on Saturday and he was out of recovery by 1 pm on Sunday. My aunt and Uncle near Winterpeg were around 4 day wait before surgery on a fracture.(which has ugly risk of getting an embolism) Mike doesn't understand medicine. The earlier orthopaedic work is done, the actual shorter duration of rehab.

When Mike used the word "success". That had a different meaning in Canada. in the course of invasive and non invasive cardiovascular work, they do so much less because it costs the state money. They in other words take younger and stronger patients and the rest get put off. The number and scope of Electro physiology labs in canada is pathetic
Endocardial and epicardial ablations are rare in Canadia.
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