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Originally Posted by Colin May
Major hospital in Vancouver and another in North Vancouver - in 2019 I spent 12 days in the latter after falling when dismounting from a bike in Pemberton. Broke my hip,went to the village clinic, then transferred to Whistler and then transferred to Lions Gate hospital in N Vancouver where I received a new hip and had several other trips from the ward down to the ER. Excellent care, I am lucky to be alive. The surgeon was the top orthopedic surgeon in western Canada. Ended up with PTSD, which can be a real pain at times. If you have a similar experience on the north side make sure you ask for Dr Sidky. The paramedic service was excellent and expensive - $350 for one trip and $3,500 for a helicopter. The bills went to NS department of Health and I don't have a clue as to the total amount - specialists are not cheap and I saw several of them. My wife understood everything because she had been an RN in Britain and Canada.
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I am pretty sure NS Health paid all the bills B.C. Submitted. The Problem for Nova Scotia are Quebec residents getting sick here as Quebec pays what or not, what they want. The other problem is American tourists. My Brother attended a cycling accident victim that got hurt in C.B. and another elderly passenger off one the Cruise ships. Hundreds of thousands for both patients as recovery was weeks for both.Neither offered their Credit card as they are used to do in the States. The U.S. Military however pay promptly and whatever the system bills.
When the Afghan war was on the Yanks used to bring some very wounded troops out of Ramstein Germany to Walter Reed in Washington. It was surprising how many American soldiers wound up in the QE II ICU after their conditions worsened over the Atlantic. My Brother had to literally pull rank on a team escorting a very sick soldier as the Boys were a little too Rah Rah USA and started ordering Canadian staff around. My Brother demanded to be addressed as Captain .... . The fellas fell into line after that.
Dalhousie and Memorial generate about 80% of the Canadian Forces Doctors. My Brother had quite the extensive Med Library when he graduated and no debt. Paid them back with three years of service in Ottawa and Cornwallis.Then went to Boston for seven years to get the anesthesiologists specialty.