A family doctor who works in British Columbia and Alberta says patients who don't get the care they need before ending up in overburdened emergency rooms should be a focus for quick action by the country's health ministers as they meet in Vancouver.
Dr. Carllin Man said sicker patients without a family physician tend to return to ERs where burnt-out doctors and nurses put in longer and longer hours as colleagues leave the profession.
"So, every day I have to log into my computer and try to manage the things I can while I'm away," he said of his chronically ill patients who are not best suited for care by other doctors without full knowledge of their medical history. The meetings come four months after premiers from across Canada convened in Victoria to discuss the ills plaguing the health-care system. The premiers asked the federal government to hike the Canada Health Transfer, the money each jurisdiction gets for health care, to 35 per cent, from 22 per cent.
The Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Nurses Association and HealthCareCAN, which represents various organizations and hospitals, have joined forces to push the health ministers to retain workers through incentives like mental health supports. "I had to jump through all these hoops. I had to physically travel to Vancouver, to the , to show my face and my degrees. I mean, they didn't do that in Alberta. They trusted the fact that I was licensed with the National Medical Council of Canada and all these other national organizations that verify our educational degrees and training."
"The biggest fear that I have for the health-care system moving forward is that those of us who believe it will be there tomorrow, it may not actually be there in the same form. And you won't actually know that until you need the care."
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