Too foolish to talk about -
Our health system reminds me off the old algebra system that we had when I was going to school. This was a very complicated subject. We could work on it forever and still get nowhere. And I still haven't figured out the purpose of algebra. A fisherman doesn't need to learn it to figure out how many lobster he has if he has 100 one day and a 150 the next day.
Our health care system is just like that subject in school. We have it but it is serving no purpose. They never could learn right from wrong. We've got them sitting around a table, and they are like a dummy hand in a card game.
The number one cause of our problem with our health care is because we have too many doctors and not enough nurses. One nurse is worth more than a dozen doctors. They've forgotten more about health than a doctor will ever learn.
A nurse is always looking after the welfare of the patient. A doctor is more likely looking after his own welfare. The less workload a doctor has, the better it is. If you go and see a specialist, you will see for yourself what a doctor knows. The waiting room is overflowing. Why? Because the doctors didn't want to take the time to tend to them.
And because of lazy doctors, the specialist's workload is full to the gunwales. We've got plenty of time to die while we are waiting. If you have heart trouble, you could have to wait four months before you can see a heart doctor. And even then, you might not have any heart trouble. It could be something else, but it was too much trouble for them to look into it.
I have been sent to the Sin City twice to get checked out for blockages. Both times, I was flowing like Windmill Brook after a heavy rain. I got fed up with it all and decided to see a nurse who everyone said was better than a doctor. It was a smart move. Now, that male nurse will never be able to cure me. But he will make my life more bearable.
The main trouble in our health system is lack of communication. One half of the health system doesn't know what the other half is doing. In lots of hospitals in the outports, it seems like the United Nations is having a meeting. Now how can you have good communication if all doctors are speaking a different language?
And what a big turnover. You go to the hospital and see a doctor. The next day that doctor is gone and someone else had taken over. No wonder Premier Williams left Newfoundland for that operation. He didn't want the doctor to leave until the job was done.
We are supposed to be living in a land of freedom of speech and choice. But I don't think so. It all depends on who you are. Yvonne Jones, the leader of the provincial Liberals had to apologize to Premier Williams and company just because she spoke her mind.
But I never heard of our Premier apologizing to a former nun who is the Leader of the provincial NDP.
As for choices, money talks. If you have the money, you can have a tooth pulled just about anywhere. But if you can afford to do it, you must take whatever the health system throws as you. You got no say in a darn thing.
My son has a mental problem and needs help. But we had no say in anything. We all wanted him to be sent to St. John's. But the stupid rules and regulation say he has to go to Grand Falls.
Since the entire health system also got a mental problem, my son's feeling didn't matter. Right now he is in Grand Falls. There is no family in there. It cost a good dollar for us to go back and forth to visit him. If he was in St. John's he would have family around. This would make it all the better for him.
I think the time has come for Danny Williams to stop being a dictator and become a human being. Maybe then out health care will improve.
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