I had a medical emergency yesterday that may me realize how lucky I am to live in Canada.
I’m getting weekly immunotherapy allergy shots (which are also covered by the free healthcare here) and I had a bad reaction to a shot. They needed to give me 2 epipens and some ventilator drug and stretchered me in an ambulance to the hospital where I waited about 5-10 min (I was stable at this point) for a private room. They kept me there for like 4 hours with IV drip and prescribed me another EpiPen.
Total cost was 0 with no questions asked. I know for non life threatening injuries like broken bones you might be waiting a few hours to get in, but I’d rather it be like that then have the possibility of going in massive debt.
For sure, it’s definitely not perfect here, for example I’m on a year long waitlist for surgery for a deviated septum. But from what I’ve heard they get you in fast if it’s life threatening. I think in my case anaphylaxis can be life threatening so they got me in fast even though I was stable. We also have the option of paying for surgeries privately anyway if we don’t want to wait.
Interesting, I never realized it was also that slow to get in for the States. To be fair it’s not perfect here, surgery wait times can be really bad. I’m on a year long waitlist for deviated septum surgery and my dad waited quite a long time for a hip replacement and he was in a ton of pain everyday. But the thing is we also have the option to pay to get it done privately.
Edit: I found an infinite water hack by holding a tube of Churu, a treat that’s like crack for him above the water so he was forced to get water with each lick. I would stop squeezing the tube and he would continue to lick for a few seconds, not realizing he wasn’t getting any Churu. After walking away I saw him taking a few...
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Edit: I found an infinite water hack by holding a tube of Churu, a treat that’s like crack for him above the water so he was forced to get water with each lick. I would stop squeezing the tube and he would continue to lick for a few seconds, not realizing he wasn’t getting any Churu. After walking away I saw him taking a few...