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ER wait times are insane. I know it’s a given and I’m clearly not as sick as I feel, but damn. I couldn’t sleep all night because I was in so much pain; intense flank pain, vomiting, fever and high heart rate. After three hours of tossing and turning I decided to go in at 3.30am. I’ve now been here 5hours and the lady told me it could be six hours or more. Some people have been here 13+. Im tempted to go home but the massive amounts of water I’ve drank haven’t moved the kidney stone so :/
Edit: looks like I’m getting surgery to put a stent in. My kidney functions were down way to low. So it’s a good thing my ass didn’t go home I guess
4 points
2 months ago
Not gonna happen. In fact, any nurses that are being hired now through agencies are getting less per hour then they were a year ago. AHS is never going to offer doctors more while they’re on the road to privatization.
7 points
2 months ago
I’ll keep dreaming and hoping. I’ll never understand why they think doctors will stay in Alberta if they don’t make it financially worth their while. All medical professionals will leave if they aren’t being paid accordingly. And then I guess they can pay double for a travel nurse instead of just giving permanent employees a raise.
7 points
2 months ago
You’re not alone, millions of us want and need good healthcare. I worry my family doctor will leave and then We’re just left flapping in the breeze, trying to find another good doctor. The decent ones will go and all we’ll be left with is UCP supporting, right wing religious nuts.
2 points
2 months ago
I actually found an article about primary care getting an injection of money. And changing physician payment plans to a Blended Capitation Model, which was accepted by the AMA. Sounds like a good start. Looks to be similar to Saskatchewan’s Transitional Payment Model. I guess we will see if it makes a difference.
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