tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post112929772742931235..comments2024-03-21T01:01:49.406-04:00Comments on The Phantom Soapbox: Provinces won't even calculate waiting list timesThe Phantomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-1129386675919885092005-10-15T10:31:00.000-04:002005-10-15T10:31:00.000-04:00By the way, reduced mobility in the elderly is a s...By the way, reduced mobility in the elderly is a stone killer. Grandma with the arthritic hip has a pretty small time window after she needs a replacement before her overall condition starts to go south fast. <BR/><BR/>Bedsores, skin infections from not washing (because she can't get to the friggin' shower), blood clots, pneumonia, you name it all crop up FAST in a sedentary old person. Like two weeks kinda fast.<BR/><BR/>Plus,these people never have one thing wrong with them. Its always the train wreck scenario where one thing sets off something else, and pretty soon Grandma is in ICU with twelve tubes sticking out of her.<BR/><BR/>Which royaly pisses me off when they play games like this, I've got to say.The Phantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-1129386245379133342005-10-15T10:24:00.000-04:002005-10-15T10:24:00.000-04:00Yeah, the idea is to avoid the issue by misreprese...Yeah, the idea is to avoid the issue by misrepresenting the type of research needed. These clowns are trying to say that double blind studies are needed to discover the maximum safe waiting time for a given procedure. <BR/><BR/>That's Dr. Mengele-style thinking, nobody is going to do that. Therefore the fact that they even said it indicates they are 100% full of shit, and have no intention of cooperating.<BR/><BR/>Way to go CMA for shoving it up their noses.The Phantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-1129359501044182532005-10-15T02:58:00.000-04:002005-10-15T02:58:00.000-04:00Seriously, this "benchmark" thing is just so much ...Seriously, this "benchmark" thing is just so much bullshit. Doctors know which of their patients need immediate action and which don't. Cardiac & cancer patients need it now. Knee & hip replacements may have some wiggle room, but we ARE talking quality of life here. Surely to God there are "benchmarks" enough? The article you quote is likely the one I read earlier today, and had some medical "benchmarks." Damn well good enough for me.Candacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05903011672174393312noreply@blogger.com