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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (204417)9/26/2006 3:14:14 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
The most recent statistics I've been able to find for time wait for a coronary bypass in Canada is about 15 weeks in British Columbia.
pubmedcentral.nih.gov

In the US, the wait for an elective coronary bypass is a couple of days, at worst.



To: Ichy Smith who wrote (204417)9/26/2006 3:22:44 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Here's another eye-opener on health care in Canada, in the April 20, 2006, New England Journal of Medicine (free full text). 40 weeks for orthopedic surgery. More than five weeks for oncology surgery.

I was very upset when my brother, in Tucson, had to wait two weeks, because I could have gotten him his surgery done here in Fairfax VA in less than a week, but he was willing to wait so he could recuperate at home.
content.nejm.org



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