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To: American Spirit who wrote (255535)	10/15/2005 7:53:43 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571410

Several cases where cancer patients had to wait for up to 3 months or more have been all over the Swedish media recently. In some of those cases they claimed that, this may have cost patients their lives. So while urgent with MRI may be up to interpretation, what could be more urgent than cancer treatment? Sorry, I forgot heart attacks here but I guess you still got my point. Anyway, how would you like to wait months for treatment after having been diagnosed with cancer? As for MRI, it's just like I said. Same goes for Holland, where many patients cross the border to Germany, where they get instant check-ups against a small fee. The problem, at least in Sweden, is not the equipment, they have plenty of that, but they have nobody to operate it due to low pay and bad working hours in the health system. Not to mention the dentist situation in Sweden, where urgent treatment requires a trip over the bridge to Denmark and some private charges. If you live to far up north for that, you have no choice but to wait for weeks or months for your no charge treatment.