> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > knarftheria...@gmail.com > > Absolutely! As a cyclist I seem to make good use of our healthcare > system! ;-) > [...] > > Our system works very well for acute situations. I admit that I have > heard of (but not directly experienced) some horror stories wrt surgery > wait times. >
ours is pretty good at that, too - they were brilliant at treating my wrist when I broke it - and at the other extreme of dealing with things like cancer. As a family we've easily had our money's worth out of the system for cancer treatments. Where it's a bit crap is in dealing with some of the middling stuff. I saw about 6 different GPs over several years before one of them finally referred me to an ENT specialist when I was first dealing with cholesteatoma. Meanwhile each of them came up with different wrong diagnoses and treatments. Once I had the referral everything went brilliantly, luckily, otherwise I'd be dead by now. Similarly, I've been having these foot problems periodically for 3 or 4 years now, and it's only by by-passing my GP and going straight to a private physiotherapist that I've actually been given a diagnosis and some treatment that makes sense. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
