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<blockquote data-quote="tieguy" data-source="post: 603327" data-attributes="member: 1912"><p><span style="color: blue">Part two:</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">are you paying attention?</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Rally Levy</strong></p><p></p><p>Rally Levy, a breast cancer patient in Montreal, was denied eligibility for the drug Herceptin. Where she lives, the drug is only available to women with advanced breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. “If I started my chemo a month ago, I would have been on the trial group that was eligible,” said Rally Levy. “They have realized it is a good pill. Why can’t I get it?”</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“Speed up cancer drug availability, critics urge,” <em>CBC News</em> (June 21, 2005) </li> </ul><p><strong>Sheila Nunn</strong></p><p></p><p>Sheila Nunn, a Kitchener woman suffering seizures, was told by her doctor that she urgently needed an MRI scan. She was also told she would have to wait three months to have it done locally. Nunn, who had been suffering blackouts, memory loss, confusion and seizures for two months, decided to take action: She paid $1,100 to have the MRI scan done in Michigan.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“Seizure patients face long MRI waits, group says,” <em>The Kitchener-Waterloo Record</em>, By Anne Kelly (June 15, 2007) (Subscription Required)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“Wait for MRI tests too long in region,” <em>The Kitchener-Waterloo Record</em> (June 9, 2007) (Subscription Required)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“‘Totally Unacceptable,’” <em>The Kitchener-Waterloo Record</em>, By Anne Kelly (June 7, 2007) (Subscription Required)</li> </ul><p><strong>Sheryl Smolkin</strong></p><p></p><p>Sheryl Smolkin had been undergoing several months of assorted treatments for pain in her right knee, but the pain was still putting a crimp in her quality of life. So, she decided to go to Buffalo, New York in late December for an MRI. She had an appointment at 1:30 a.m. on Feb. 21 at a Toronto hospital, but simply didn’t want to put it off any longer. With the assistance of Richard Baker at Vancouver-based Timely Medical Alternatives, she arranged to have the procedure done at a convenient time five days later for $465 (CDN). The only waiting she had to do was the two hours in traffic it took to cross the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge into the United States. Based on the MRI, her knee problem has been diagnosed, but that’s only the first step. A February appointment with a specialist will determine if she’ll need to go on another wait list for surgery.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“Shuffling off to Buffalo for an MRI,” <em>Employee Benefit News Canada</em>, By Sheryl Smolkin (February 1, 2007) (Subscription Required)</li> </ul><p><strong>Vince Motta</strong></p><p></p><p>Vince Motta, 23, died of a severe asthma attack after he was airlifted to Rockyview Hospital following appendix surgery at High River hospital. Motta and his mother had waited at both Rockyview and Foothills Hospital, but eventually left due to the long waits.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“Deaths deserve a public inquiry,” <em>The Calgary Herald</em>, Editorial By Maureen L. Prowse (June 17, 2007) (Subscription Required)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“CHR review clears hospital in death of Calgary teenager; Parents of boy ‘disappointed’ with finding,” <em>The Calgary Herald</em>, (June 13, 2007) (Subscription Required)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“Families upset city health care inquiry delayed; Five appendicitis deaths in 10 years at city hospitals,” <em>The Calgary Herald</em>, By Sean Myers, (May 2, 2007) (Subscription Required)</li> </ul><p><strong>Virginia Yule</strong></p><p></p><p>Virginia Yule, 49, met her surgeon only twice, for a total of 45 minutes, to learn she needed a biopsy after a mammogram found a shadow on her breast, and then to be told she had cancer. So she wrote her doctor a letter. “I really wanted her to know who I was,” she says now, cancer-free for seven years. Ms. Yule’s desire to be seen as a person is a common complaint among cancer patients caught in a system that seems overwhelmed by waiting lists and swamped by test results, where phone calls tunnel through to voice mail and a busy doctor may have mere minutes to explain the most complicated, heart-stopping medical information.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“I made noise, and things moved,” <em>The Globe and Mail</em>, By Erin Anderssen (December 9, 2006)</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tieguy, post: 603327, member: 1912"] [COLOR=blue]Part two:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]are you paying attention?[/COLOR] [B]Rally Levy[/B] Rally Levy, a breast cancer patient in Montreal, was denied eligibility for the drug Herceptin. Where she lives, the drug is only available to women with advanced breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. “If I started my chemo a month ago, I would have been on the trial group that was eligible,” said Rally Levy. “They have realized it is a good pill. Why can’t I get it?” [LIST] [*]“Speed up cancer drug availability, critics urge,” [I]CBC News[/I] (June 21, 2005) [/LIST] [B]Sheila Nunn[/B] Sheila Nunn, a Kitchener woman suffering seizures, was told by her doctor that she urgently needed an MRI scan. She was also told she would have to wait three months to have it done locally. Nunn, who had been suffering blackouts, memory loss, confusion and seizures for two months, decided to take action: She paid $1,100 to have the MRI scan done in Michigan. [LIST] [*]“Seizure patients face long MRI waits, group says,” [I]The Kitchener-Waterloo Record[/I], By Anne Kelly (June 15, 2007) (Subscription Required) [*]“Wait for MRI tests too long in region,” [I]The Kitchener-Waterloo Record[/I] (June 9, 2007) (Subscription Required) [*]“‘Totally Unacceptable,’” [I]The Kitchener-Waterloo Record[/I], By Anne Kelly (June 7, 2007) (Subscription Required) [/LIST] [B]Sheryl Smolkin[/B] Sheryl Smolkin had been undergoing several months of assorted treatments for pain in her right knee, but the pain was still putting a crimp in her quality of life. So, she decided to go to Buffalo, New York in late December for an MRI. She had an appointment at 1:30 a.m. on Feb. 21 at a Toronto hospital, but simply didn’t want to put it off any longer. With the assistance of Richard Baker at Vancouver-based Timely Medical Alternatives, she arranged to have the procedure done at a convenient time five days later for $465 (CDN). The only waiting she had to do was the two hours in traffic it took to cross the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge into the United States. Based on the MRI, her knee problem has been diagnosed, but that’s only the first step. A February appointment with a specialist will determine if she’ll need to go on another wait list for surgery. [LIST] [*]“Shuffling off to Buffalo for an MRI,” [I]Employee Benefit News Canada[/I], By Sheryl Smolkin (February 1, 2007) (Subscription Required) [/LIST] [B]Vince Motta[/B] Vince Motta, 23, died of a severe asthma attack after he was airlifted to Rockyview Hospital following appendix surgery at High River hospital. Motta and his mother had waited at both Rockyview and Foothills Hospital, but eventually left due to the long waits. [LIST] [*]“Deaths deserve a public inquiry,” [I]The Calgary Herald[/I], Editorial By Maureen L. Prowse (June 17, 2007) (Subscription Required) [*]“CHR review clears hospital in death of Calgary teenager; Parents of boy ‘disappointed’ with finding,” [I]The Calgary Herald[/I], (June 13, 2007) (Subscription Required) [*]“Families upset city health care inquiry delayed; Five appendicitis deaths in 10 years at city hospitals,” [I]The Calgary Herald[/I], By Sean Myers, (May 2, 2007) (Subscription Required) [/LIST] [B]Virginia Yule[/B] Virginia Yule, 49, met her surgeon only twice, for a total of 45 minutes, to learn she needed a biopsy after a mammogram found a shadow on her breast, and then to be told she had cancer. So she wrote her doctor a letter. “I really wanted her to know who I was,” she says now, cancer-free for seven years. Ms. Yule’s desire to be seen as a person is a common complaint among cancer patients caught in a system that seems overwhelmed by waiting lists and swamped by test results, where phone calls tunnel through to voice mail and a busy doctor may have mere minutes to explain the most complicated, heart-stopping medical information. [LIST] [*]“I made noise, and things moved,” [I]The Globe and Mail[/I], By Erin Anderssen (December 9, 2006) [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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