I went to my first private clinic today because the alternative of waiting in the public system was so long and inefficient, I would be dead before having an appointment. Seeing that I have no family doctor, the nurse who did the triage on the phone with me last night offered the options: a week-long wait for an appointment to see a doctor or an appointment the following day for the price of $200. I chose the private, and I am glad I did, as my problem required immediate assistance and a prescription. Many other people I know now do the same.
My appointment was at 2:40 pm and I arrived at 2 pm. When I arrived, to my dismay, they called me by my name the moment I came through the door and led me immediately to the doctor's office. I saw the doctor, and the services rendered were top-notch, including an ultrasound that I had 30 minutes after entering his office at a place directly across the hall from his office. I could not believe the service I received after having endured the problems of the public system for so long. My problem was immediately addressed and then some.
By the way, last year, when I had a similar problem, I went to the ER at the new Glen RVH. I was astonished to see countless homeless men sprawled out on the waiting seats in the waiting room, sleeping, and a few even smoking. The smell alone was horrendous. This, while security stood nearby, controlling fights among large immigrant families that were ongoing the whole time I was there, which was 18 hours, for a serious problem I had. I cursed Trudeau and the Liberals throughout my ordeal. The fucker needs to be in jail for destroying so many once-loved Canadian institutions, and it would appear now, Carney, as well.