In fact, just yesterday in Ottawa a clinic opened that does accept the Ontario Health Insurance that is in addition to the hospitals - not sure about other provinces. This is a great idea and something that needs to be followed up with in other smaller communities.
As for the access to MRIs, there are many smaller communities that have them, but having more of them would free up the larger cities, that's for sure.
I don't believe that Canadian Health Care has 0 innovation and is far behind in technology. Not everyone in Canada can afford that higher technology and while opening more MRIs and CTs is often wished, it may not be economically feasible for certain areas of the country.
As for innovation, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute is a world renowned facility that includes not only diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of heart conditions, but also research. So is the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO).
So, is Sick Kids in Toronto, London Health Sciences. Winnipeg Health Sciences is one of only a handful of facilities that is classified to hold some of the world's deadliest diseases.
Just recently an announcement was made in Ottawa about the discovery of a virus that attacks cancer cells and leaves healthy cells alone. The University of Calgary has also made progress in cancer research.
And I have had privy to information of up-and-coming physicians and researchers and the research and potential treatments they're pursuing in areas of cancer, diabetes and organ transplants.
No, there is no shortage of innovation. As for the smaller cities, if there can be proven there is a need for it (for example many of the patients are coming from a certain postal code) perhaps other facilities can start installing these things. But I know that many smaller hospitals rely as well on the support of their community to provide these things.
The funding from the government isn't exhaustive - and I don't believe it should be.
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It's not for a lack of trying.
In fact, just yesterday in Ottawa a clinic opened that does accept the Ontario Health Insurance that is in addition to the hospitals - not sure about other provinces. This is a great idea and something that needs to be followed up with in other smaller communities.
As for the access to MRIs, there are many smaller communities that have them, but having more of them would free up the larger cities, that's for sure.
I don't believe that Canadian Health Care has 0 innovation and is far behind in technology. Not everyone in Canada can afford that higher technology and while opening more MRIs and CTs is often wished, it may not be economically feasible for certain areas of the country.
As for innovation, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute is a world renowned facility that includes not only diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of heart conditions, but also research. So is the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO).
So, is Sick Kids in Toronto, London Health Sciences. Winnipeg Health Sciences is one of only a handful of facilities that is classified to hold some of the world's deadliest diseases.
Just recently an announcement was made in Ottawa about the discovery of a virus that attacks cancer cells and leaves healthy cells alone. The University of Calgary has also made progress in cancer research.
And I have had privy to information of up-and-coming physicians and researchers and the research and potential treatments they're pursuing in areas of cancer, diabetes and organ transplants.
No, there is no shortage of innovation. As for the smaller cities, if there can be proven there is a need for it (for example many of the patients are coming from a certain postal code) perhaps other facilities can start installing these things. But I know that many smaller hospitals rely as well on the support of their community to provide these things.
The funding from the government isn't exhaustive - and I don't believe it should be.
August 14, 2009 - 5:02amThis Comment
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