tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post7084127065269646523..comments2024-03-28T01:15:58.182-06:00Comments on Adventures in Improving Access: A crisis of healthcare access in Wakaw, SaskatchewanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post-89309906073334787842019-04-01T09:09:13.130-06:002019-04-01T09:09:13.130-06:00there is and will be healthcare crisis everywhere,...there is and will be healthcare crisis everywhere, paradoxically, it is an inevitable result of increasing wealthvita sanahttp://vitasana.strikingly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post-33527330390153552712019-03-21T06:12:10.076-06:002019-03-21T06:12:10.076-06:00I am impressed. I don't think Ive met anyone w...I am impressed. I don't think Ive met anyone who knows as much about this subject as you do. You are truly well informed and very intelligent. You wrote something that people could understand and made the subject intriguing for everyone. Really, great blog you have got here. <a href="Dental%20Staffing" rel="nofollow">Dental Staffing</a><br />Jack Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933608625883364901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post-7257442977040641742011-03-28T20:23:50.114-06:002011-03-28T20:23:50.114-06:00Thanks, Conrad. Great points!Thanks, Conrad. Great points!Kishore Visvanathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15504511919719658161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post-72171065946253005432011-03-28T03:32:48.234-06:002011-03-28T03:32:48.234-06:00Wakaw is too small to support a family doctor, the...Wakaw is too small to support a family doctor, the 2 who very very publicly derided for leaving did so because there were not enough patients in village sized Wakaw, and they made substantially less than the nurses.<br /><br />Wakaw should have clinics staffed a few days a week by a doctor from Rosthern and/or Humboldt<br /><br />In the mean time, Saskatchewan continues to throw an ever increasing medical school class size at the rural family physician shortage, rather than come up with any sort of targeted plan.<br /><br />Don McMorris lacks any kind of vision as a health minister. Would be nice to hear the government's plan on recruiting and retaining rural physicians, if they have any. As is, most resident physicians are personally angry at McMorris and the Sask Party and list them as one of their reasons they'd like to leave Saskatchewan!conradhttp://www.facebook.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post-89802814327130124462011-03-25T06:11:58.830-06:002011-03-25T06:11:58.830-06:00Thanks for this comment from the front lines!
A...Thanks for this comment from the front lines! <br /><br />A related point: During these debates over emergency/on-call coverage in rural areas, I have never heard anyone ask about the welfare of the physician. What happens when a solitary doctor is on call, and he/she gets ill? There's no other doctor for miles around. Paradoxically, the person with the worst access to medical care in rural Saskatchewan is the physician!Kishore Visvanathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15504511919719658161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post-18361993431738425822011-03-24T20:54:47.880-06:002011-03-24T20:54:47.880-06:00So Well Spoken!! I work as a family doctor in ru...So Well Spoken!! I work as a family doctor in rural Sask, ON CALL is one of the most challenging aspects of the work --especially when many many people come to emergency with trivial things at ALL hours of the night and day. Emergency use has increased so much over the last few years. I also find the people that cry over the loss of physicians, thought nothing of coming to emergency at 02:00 am with a cough they have had for 2 weeks or a small cut they sustained at 7:00 pm (but they stayed out until one and then came in). We are often told "we make big bucks to get up at night". This disrespect and lack of any personal courtesy makes rural family medicine very challenging. If the communities do not start to appreciate the services they have and not abuse them they will soon have none. Case in Point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com