Canadian Health Care

[Drache]

Canadian Health Care

Two patients limp into two different Canadian medical clinics with the same
complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip
replacement.

The first patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day
and has a time booked for surgery the following week.

The second sees the family doctor after waiting a week for an
appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-
ray, which isn't reviewed for another month and finally has his surgery
scheduled for a year from  then.

Why the different treatment for the two patients?

The first is a Golden Retriever;  the second is a Senior Citizen.

[Chryco Psycho]

bang on ... paid health care vs "free" health care