Canada's health care crisis | 23-year-old dies after misdiagnosis in B.C.
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- čas přidán 26. 02. 2024
- The grieving family of a young Nanaimo, B.C., woman says her death is a tragic example of the failures of a broken health-care system.
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My doctor brushed me off for two years. A new doctor discovered a tumor.
😢
some of them seem to just be pretending to be doctors and dont really want to help
its horrible really and they should be removed from health care jobs
I hope you’re okay.
@@meareAaron Amen to that!
🙏🏼
That fool said it is always easier to have a family doctor... Doctors in Hospitals should know what the hell they are doing....that fool who said that should resign. Poor girl was in the prime of her life
It would give the patient the benefit of someone familiar with her health history and baseline numbers to help more quickly and accurately diagnose things. It would also speed up the process of being attended to. Chill on the talker, you're acting a fool
Not to mention there is a doctor shortage across Canada so many Canadians do not have the "luxury" of a family doctor.
Healthcare in Canada is a clown show, just like every other bureaucracy.
may i ask what country are you from, so i have more information
@@canadaexvods2021
Why is it important from which country she or he comes?
@@ananke2104 because i'd like to know what his/her's health care is like
zombie care
I’m from Canada and I agree that it’s a clown show. The only positive experiences I’ve had recently were through privatized telehealth.
I live in New Brunswick. My grandmother was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer in July 2023, she passed on January 2nd. She complained to our family doctor for several months, and he diagnosed her with hemorrhoids. He treated symptoms, but did not investigate the cause. Turns out, that "hemorrhoid" was the colorectal cancer. Health professionals are either not getting enough training, or they are careless in their work. My grandma may have lived a few more years if they'd only caught it sooner. Shame.
I’m so sorry that happened 💔 I’m also in NB and have heard countless similar horror stories
A lot of that is because of COVID governments have intimidated medical doctors to stick to narratives and threaten the licenses if they don't. Most doctors now just want their patients to simply go away after the minimal exam or consult. There isn't any penalty for this.
Doctors are trying to save money to their boss the government, following protocols that only give the minimum care.
Unfortunately if you are retired or elderly they won't care to give you priority or a expensive treatment.
how did they determine it wasnt just a hermoroid?
Colonoscopy@@randomrazrplus there are tumour markers such as CEA
But the gold standard is biopsy
It's not just BC. It's everywhere in Canada. This is a true tragedy. A young woman who wanted to help others is gone. She MAY have survived if she had a consistent care provider. I say "may" because women are very frequently misdiagnosed. Their symptoms are blamed on mental illness, eating disorders, histrionics, and their menstrual cycle. It takes years to finally get a diagnosis, and autoimmune disorders are a common culprit.
The surgeon who examined me for an emergency abcess sent me home describing it as anxiety pain. Common assessment with women.
BC is the worst
@@shimmer8289surprised they didn't just recommend MAID at this point
I was going to say the same thing. I was misdiagnosed for years, and I had an excellent family doctor. She believed me, the specialists told me it was psychological. I have MCAS/EDS/POTS. It’s MASSIVELY under-diagnosed.
It was her fault for voting Liberal. This would never have happened if competent male doctors weren't being replaced by incompetent females.
Do you know how often this stuff happens? It’s insane!
The healthcare system is dysfunctional not just in BC, but across Canada. I'm currently without a family physician, and I have to endure a three-month wait for a simple bloody blood test.
I ahve afamily doctor and her office hours are two days a week for 3 hours for a total of six hours. This is what you get when you focus on only allowing females in medical school. The only male sin our schools are from abroad and go home after schooling.
@@MikeTyson-ig4vf
My female doctor works 5-6 days a week, long hours, and is amazing. Perhaps yours has health issues. Look for another.
@@MikeTyson-ig4vf
Where do you get the strange idea only females are chosen for med school?
I went for bloodwork then Doctor appointment the next day she already had my results made appointment for that week so not sure why the wait out their , life labs you can go next day without appointment and wait
Why don't walk-in clinics send you to get blood tests?
The healthcare system across Canada is eroded.
Death Care in Zombieland
@@magdarosson6579 Exactly, its a death care system.
Its disturbing, same in NS, she worked at the hospital that sent her home to die. Its incredibly infuriating..she was 33, with a 3 year old....the hospital couldn't be bothered to admit and test😢
No one is accountable for misdiagnosis or even abuse of their patients and our Youth and our Seniors are paying with their lives.
I agree. We need more audits done on physicians and specialists. My family doctor does not ask the appropriate questions to assess my symptoms. She always seems rushed and I feel like I am bothering her. I don't feel safe or well taken care of. There is definitely a lack of accountability in some practices.
vax injuries really sucked but Canadians decided we should have no rights so...
I'm finding that the docs don't want to listen.
Yes. We are being gas lighted.
Exactly! 😢😢😢
100% that had been my experience too.
But they know best and also make our gun laws!
@@redneckcanuck8359 Are you sure they are all doctors. Same with engineers .
I had a family doctor, was misdiagnosed for years. Medicine everywhere has a huge problem with misdiagnosing women in general.
This!!! We may have a healthcare problem but in general women are so much more ignored and misdisgnosed than men are!
Yeah, and it doesn't help matters when you have healthcare professionals in every field gaslighting women into believing that everything is made up in their heads. Yet, we are the problem, not them.
You are absolutely right. Women experience so much gaslighting when they seek medical care.
Why are we paying medicare.
I still am waiting for a doctor 3 yrs
A few years ago (10ish?) you had to wait over a year to get an appointment 18 months later for a orthopaedic surgeon with another 6 months or so before you actually got surgery. About the only way to get faster surgery would be tho bring your foot/ankle in with a bucket of ice and ask them to reattach that foot/ankle. Don't forget the tourniquet so you don't bleed out waiting.
i have waited 12 years
@@TreeRoot577 I know things go slow but 12 years? What treatment have you been waiting on? I sure hope it isn't very painful.
@@AutoCreteThis happens when you are repeatedly blown off and misdiagnosed
I'm going on my 6th year of waiting. It's absolutely horrible everywhere in this country.
The UK NHS is sued once every 40 mins for error and incompetence costing 7 billion a year . Medical incompetence is becoming a leading cause of death .
40 mins????????
@@SueP-jg9vx
As much a legal problem as a medical one.
Bad doctors have been around for ten thousand years -- which is why an ordinary family doc's malpractice insurance in Canada can cost roughly the same as her income.
@@SueP-jg9vx Stats "According to NHS Resolution, NHS compensation payouts in 2021/22 amounted to £ 2.6 billion. This is an increase on the previous year’s figure of £2.4 billion. Just over a quarter of the £2.6 billion is spent on legal costs. Of the 13,551 clinical claims received by the NHS in 2022/2023, the number of claims that reached some sort of settlement was 13,499". I think the math works out to once every 38.8 mins from these stats!
@tabularasa7775 Do we even have a similar claims department to that of the NHS ? I don't think we have anything like that here.
We cant sue the healthcare system in canada but to a maximum of 100k (which is basically nothing nowadats and lawyers fees for those case with their times will most of the time end up higher than this so they dont even take those cases). Not onky that but we dont have access to an alternate version but if we travel internationally.. being stuck on workers comp waiting on few surgery right now as my health degrade and the only thing they do is more and more harmful test to my health i begin to give up all hope toward the canadian healthcare.
This has been happening for the last 15 years. Canada's healthcare system collapsed a long time ago in ALL proviinces. How can we greive for her when so many, many have died under the same circumstances i.e, waiting to see a doctor. And nothing is being done before or now. BTW: even if you have a family doctor the wait times are ridiculously long. And complaining never gets attention.
I waited for 3 years to get a gall stone removed. It wasn't until I ended up in emergency that it was esculated and even then I had to wait another 3 months! Canadians are becoing desensitized to the poor healthcare......Canada's government is a shame...healthcare, education, homelessness. .... the society has collapsed and many still can't admitt it.
Yeah, but it’s ‘free’
I have three kids, never once, never never never, have I got a same day appointment. I remember during covid my daughter had a fever and these clinics acted like I was trying to bring in an ebola patient because I wanted someone to look in her ears to make sure she didn't have an ear infection. Ontario docs just stopped doing paps, so some woman will literally just die of cervical cancer.
@@MedicalAutonomyProject It's true, I haven't had a pap done in years, not even when I had a full physical, which is also years ago! Doctor did my last physical in increments over a few visits, as no time for the former annual physical.
@@margaretr5701 OHIP doesn't cover physicals
The federal government is more concerned with censoring Canadians instead of healthcare ,what does that say?
That you are trying to conflate various issues?
And plowing money into the Ukraine.
Money probably isn’t plowed into the Ukraine as much as into the hands of greedy weapons manufacturers who are…not Ukrainian btw 😅
Healthcare is the responsibility of the provincial governments.
You have absolutely nothing to back up that statement.
Family doctors are no longer doing the job of what they are there to do. They rush you out after 5 min in their office, and now they are doing consultation over the phone. Maybe family doctors don’t have the time now but I find they don’t even look back in your records when you visit them to see what they can see as potential issues causing your health problems. Do your own research and ask the doctors questions even if they tell you one problem per visit!
And push anti D's for a everything
One problem per visit is one of the biggest nonsense I have ever heard of. It's not up to the patient to diagnose themselves and to determine whether it's one problem with numerous effects or whether they are unrelated.
If airlines ask you to self serve at the airport, it's annoying. If a doctor asks a patient to self diagnose, it's not only dangerous but a dereliction of duty as well.
@@231rosslynExcellent point! And the TRUTH!
@@231rosslyn Lmfao one problem per visit? Is that an actual thing? Yikes.
@@HiddenStr3ngth Yes. It is.
Excuse me but ask Bonnie Henry why she is stopping health workers from being hired back?
Bonnie is a nut.
This is all crime bye design. Out with the old in with the new this is happening everywhere in this country .and all threw the Western country's just saying
because they proved she was a liar and she along with the ndp cant handle that
How can she make more millions from self-grandiosing books and movies portraying herself as a hero for enforcing the mandates if she goes back on them?
She's a demon from hell.
Healthcare in BC is a failure. Most family doctors (if you are lucky have one) are incompetent or not interested in helping patients.
Same, in Ontario.
Same, in Qc
This is heartbreaking … you’d think we lived in a third world country
look around you, we are close.
We do
import the third world, become the third world
We do.
We do-------
We are living in a world of incompetence and egocentric
This is a Canada wide problem and I haven't see any changes or at least an intention to fix this issue in the 20 years that I been living here.
Government should be held accountable for this murder.
YOU should be held accountable for this murder!
Trudeau let too many new immigrants come into this country in a short period without any planning. Hospitals are flooded with newcomers, and trouble with housing etc etc😢
@@katolson8802Huh?
let's blame everything on immigrants
The medical care in Canada is disgusting. I fell down the stairs at work and although I was in a lot of pain and my s.i. joint was clicking when walking my doctor told me to suck it up and work in pain. My MRI later showed I had a bulging disc leaking fluid touching a nerve. Now I have nerve damage and on welfare. Legal aid will not help me fight my WCB appeal. My condolences to the family of that young woman whose life ended so tragically. I bet there are hundreds if stories that never get heard.
Despite having a family physician, I’ve gone in excruciating pain for 2 years and am slowly becoming less and less able to walk due to pain with zero diagnosis and no suggestions beyond “possible autoimmune disease” 😀 no matter where in this country you are, you’re fucked. no matter what government is in power, you’re fucked!
Has your doctor referred you to a rheumatologist?
I'm still waiting for a rheumatologist and I have the same symptoms... My dr just collects the appt cash and sends me home. I also got refused disability threw the Alberta disability
Demand to see a Rheumatologist. Ask Dr to refer you asap. It's what I did.
@@bartsampson4325 I was referred. They are under staffed with rhumatologist in Alberta
@@bartsampson4325 That could still take upwards of 6 months if OP is lucky.
Stop hiding behind privacy laws. Too many failures. Government better step up. I speak from personal experience.
Don't hold your breath...
I know, right? Shes dead. What a figleaf.
Criminals. Healthcare in Canada is a clown show, just like every other bureaucracy. This is heartbreaking … you’d think we lived in a third world country.
Never had an issue and don't know any one who has had one.
Trudeau'ssssss Death Care
@@TonyMontanaDSwhere are you located? Maybe I’ll move there 😅
It is a third world country...don't be fooled by the illusions. I've watched the quality of life erode to downright pathetic over my lifetime. There are far better places to live in the world. 💯
Money does not make the grief, sorrow and pain go away but there should be some financial compensation to the family for these doctors dropping the ball like this. My deepest condolences to the family.
In the past I've suffered lots of pain and further permanent damage due to misdiagnosis due to pressure from that huge insurance company called WCB. You wouldn't believe the influence they have. 35 years later I'm on pain killers usually prescribed for terminal patients.
The family may not deserve anything. They got her daughter abused and killed.
The health care system is broken in the whole country .
We need to file a class action lawsuit against the Canadian Government.
Universal Healthcare includes access to healthcare.
By promising healthcare, but not ensuring access to it is fraud.
Perhaps if we stopped sending billions and billions of dollars to Ukraine and other countries... We may be able to have a decent health care system for actual Canadians
Was the Canadian health care system perfect before russian Ukrainian war? Or has the perfect system become so worse for 2 years? Or you just speculate?
@@annaR212 there is no speculation. It may not have been perfect but it sure as heck wasn't this horrific.
I don't think this is a fair assessment. Healthcare began to decline when covid began, and never recovered. Our government has more than enough funds to finance better Healthcare for Canadians. In fact, Canada never meets their military financial quota at all. Someone is pocketing this money...
@@rosequartz9640 the ones pocketing the money would be the Trudeau /Singh collaboration.
Don't bother Anna is probably from Ukraine...
I live in BC, my MD is very arrogant! I finally had to seek out alternative medicine and I’m discovering things about my health that my MD is in denial about.
MD's often disagree with ND's.
I have friends that moved to Germany, they find the healthcare much better there, as GP's incorporate the best of both medical worlds.
So heartbreaking to lose someone who wanted so badly to help other's and make a difference. She had a lot to offer.
It's broken in ontario too. This is so horrible, such a young life lost😢
100%! I've been to ER 4 times in the last few months and never even got to speak with a Dr. Meanwhile, my Family Dr and all the other ones I've talked to keep saying that everything is OK, but it's not. I'm in severe pain 24/7, but not one of them will even hear me out...
I live in Ontario as well. Be careful. I just lost my family. Doctor him and his wife were great doctors and they permanently closed because of the paperwork. Conservatives are destroying health care. And they're trying to privatize it at the same time.
It’s broken everywhere. Adding dental and pharmacare is genius!
My dad died in Saskatchewan prematurely from heart disease. His cardiologist and emergency doctors would not sign his death certificate so coroner had to. Months after his death he received information for resources about heart health.
The gov't is most definately NOT "doing all that it can!"
It is not broken only in
BC . We have had similar types of deaths here in Quebec . I have a doctor ..it still takes me 4 weeks to make an appointment for 2 weeks later . To get some tests 2 weeks later and the another 6 weeks to see my doctor . Maybe just before I die or after they'll figure out what is wrong
Took me 7 years to get diagnosed here, absolutely insane
cut back on doctors salaries...
poor performance should not be rewarded
Alberta did that. Doctors abandoned their patients and moved. 🤑😈🤡🌎
🇨🇦=💩
Oh yes and that one problem visit pays $25 after overhead so that doc cannot afford to spend an hour going over all your issues, they’d love to do that but $25 is less than the receptionist makes so…do the math!
Misdiagnosis is the norm, especially with these younger doctors. Lost sister and mother to misdiagnosis.
I’m so sorry for your loss ❤
I've been waiting over a year to see urologist and it was an urgent cause. Im literally wanting to leave Canada just to get healthcare. What has happened
I am so very sorry for her family and friends. This is tragic. 30 years ago I nearly died in B.C. because my doctor refused to believe me when I told him of my symptoms. He sent me to a phychiatrist instead of a neurosurgeon. smh
Interesting. I need a psychiatrist and can't get one
How about a lawsuit....just a complaint? Poor woman ..a tragedy
Bc family compensation act. That makes it VERY difficult to sue. It’s essentially a law that protects them from any wrong doings. *disgusting
@@NNNNNNNNN2174 what the, ?! That’s horrifying.
Canadians are against law suits as a virtue signal against Americans. Now we have less rights.
@@NNNNNNNNN2174 You could sue under this act, it is the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons that would provide evidence that it wasn't the doctors fault then you wouldn't even have a case. There is the Canadian Medical Protective Association, that would also defend the claim and they rarely loose, lots of money and infgluence.
No lawsuits happen in Canada but this could be a door opener to begin some serious legal procedures against "Drs" and the victim's family
Broken in Ontario also. Policies are responsible. e.g. Mexico, 2-3 Days for an MRI, $150. Here, 6-8+ months. SImple Ultra sound, am waiting 3 mos for on my knee. Latest scandal is Shoppers Druggist being paid $75 to phone clients to ? (recommend) what drugs they do NOT need anymore. Why?
It took me 2 days from a phone call for an ultrasound. Hand. 2 weeks ago.
I had to wait over 2 months to get an ultrasound on my thumb that literally took 2 minutes. You telling me they couldn't have fit me in? And I had to drive out of town.
North Don River Valley Midwives (Wendy Wong) almost killed my baby to avoid ordering a $54 ultrasound
Where did you get it?
aDo you know Trudeau? Are you a student taking sociology? why do you get special treatment? I gave up on doctors. I don't even trust them anymore after covid showed they are just drug pushers with no regard for side effects./@@AlbertMark-nb9zo
Hiring more doctors isn’t going to do anything if they’re not competent
I had no family doctor on Vancouver Island and got misdiagnosed. I had a blood clot and the doctor I seen gave me antibiotics 😂
I'm very lucky I kept coming back to emergency until I had some real tests done.
Same thing happened to me on Vancouver Island. Went two times to ER where the doc gave me a Tylenol. It was a pharmacist who actually suspected a blood clot and urged me to go to ER. I went to another hospital, told the doc of a pharmacist suspicion and only then got tested and given the right medicine. By the way, no family doctor for 5 years on the Island since moving here.
Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montreal.
I happen to be walking nearby and I feel VERY weak.
I walk in one of the corridor towards the ER.
I faint.
I wake up in a wheelchair, parked in the waiting room.
I asked around, no one knew who I was or how long I was there for.
Eventually I felt better and saw the time, I had been out for ~25 minutes
I explained what happend to triage who didn't even flinch when I told them the story.
"8-9 hours wait time sir".
I just walked out.
we moved from Montreal Lots of corruption there.
This worry me so much for my 8 year old son. It’s been more than a year of his constant pain and we went to hospitals how many times and can’t get help. Family doctor can’t help too. I’m so frustrated and mad because it’s so hard seeing him in pain. He missed a lot of school days because he couldn’t go because some days the pain is unbearable. I wish I have lots of money so I can bring him to other country to seek medical help. Canadian health care is so broken! Sorry for my English
I hope you find some answers soon.
Visit your Member of the Provincial Legislature.
A family physician might not have helped. So many physicians gaslight their patients, especially women.
Stay away from death care
How is this news?? I have a doctor, who is terrible, and I feel alone and frightened
37 year old mother of 4. Used to be a nurse. Applied for MAID in Manitoba. The gaslighting and neglect is absolutely horrific...
😢
Please don't die with 4 kids. Get better.
@@KatherineCKonitzer lol oh I never thought of that how helpful!! 😆
Jk.
Wouldn't it be nice if all medical issues were a choice???
Im canadian and today whent to 6 medical clinics to find a doctor for my high blood pressure issue. But nor one of them had a doctor or was able to help. THIS IS CANADA RIGHT??? do i need to fly to Mexico to get help?? WTF!!!!!
Blame your provincial govt!
She should sue for malpractice.
Uhh she passed away
She’s dead
They’ll have to dig her up to give her the money.
Been like that in Saskatchewan for the last few years!Our deepest condolences😢 the doctors are only her for a year or 2 at most....how can we possibly get a family doctor!😡
I wish they'd mentioned what it was she died of - I'd like to see if it was something that should have been easy to diagnose. That would make a difference in the perceptions of this case - Better than forcing everyone to speculate.
Our health system is so damaged even here in Ottawa, I live with CRPS and has just lost my pain management doctor out of the General hospital. I live in a small town outside of Ottawa. Even the small hospitals are stretched to there limits, they have closed the hospital emergency rooms.
Bc is in dire need of new government and policies
I have a friend who is going through something similar in Ontario. The provinces need to find a way to get those doctors who come to Canada a way to get them able to practice medicine rather than driving taxis.
Exactly
We have doctor's driving taxi's? If they're qualified doctors, isn't it a question of passing a Canadian standards test?
Probably got 14 covid tests though 🙄
The golden rule of bureaucracy of a government. The bigger they are, the more they do, the greater the dysfunction.
But it’s ‘free’.. It’s ALL ‘free’.. Everyone dreams of getting that government contract that allows the use of ‘free’ never ending tax dollars to charge $2,500 stapler and $5,000 office chairs.
How do you explain that Cuba have better healthcare than Canada.
@@eternalobi How do you explain a LARGE Cuban population in North America fleeing oppression? How do you explain Cubans in tears at the sight of groceries?
@@eternalobi What say you go ask an actual Cuban and see what they say about Cuba's healthcare.
Im in Cuba with the random health care I get. I can't even get water at a gdamn hospital in Mississauga and when I say no pork because im religious they serve me pork!
That’s sad she was a helper to others but when she needed help herself the system failed her
I Hope her family fights for justice and real changes
Let’s send Ukraine $3 Billion so we can get a photo op ….thank you Trudeau for a broken Canada
Isn’t that the truth!! Canada has NEVER been so broken..and I don’t see it getting better anytime soon.
@@marjoriecorcora7617 I can assure you in 2025 things are going to get hard to pay back debt with a new government or complete and utter revolt. This whole country is broken from the top down. We need to stay strong, however we are all suffering.
Someone has to do the money laundering....
Also add dental and pharmacare to a broken and mismanaged system.
@@schwags1969 Beaureaucrats haven't suffered in the least, not yet anyways, including the coofid flu fiasco.
So it’s not just Newfoundland..
Wow, that minister of health hand movements. Is that supposed be reassuring?
Even if she did have a family doctor, it may not have helped matters. Doctors are so overworked, that a lot of them don't even properly listen to the patient, especially if that patient is young. I'm nearly 30, and I still get ignored because I am "too young", but that's the same thing my mom's friend was told and by the time they finally listened to her it was too late.
Health care, and many other things, are like a piece of fabric that's being spread so thin that it tears apart. We all know you can't use a torn up piece of fabric for anything any longer, except to mop up messes with. That's what many things have become in BC, in Canada, and in the greater world.
Just give me your money and I’ll make sure it gets to the poors 😏
This is a tragedy. I have several family members without a family GP and I worry tremendously that something like this could happen to them. Our gov't says they've recruited 700 new GPs but how many are working full-time? And how many went to small communities? And our population numbers are increasing regularly so will we ever catch up?
Canadian health care system is the worst
Trudeau was all buddybuddy with that shapeshifting demon Obama I don’t trust them
But, but it is "free" .. after they take half of your salary ...3x over
Everyone I know has had excellent care here in BC. I’m sorry you’ve experienced something different
But, but muh ‘free’ perfect system, let’s add ‘free’ dental and ‘free’ pharmacare.
If you think it is better in other countries, it isn’t.
No doubt this is common all over Canada
Same in Ontario. No family doctor and no chance of getting one. I can only pay for the medical service, I don't get to use it
Yes o also was misdiagnosed for 15 years and no have demylianated nerves! Iwwas told i have MS. 3 Y3ARS LATER I CHECKED MY BLOOD AND I HAD serious diabetes blood sugar 38. The death minister i mean healrh is,totally broken. Has been for 8 years!!
What was her diagnosis? Poor girl :( Healthcare in Canada may be "free" (It's paid through taxes) but it certainly needs a revamp
Thank you turdeau
I had a tumor being monitored when I reached menopause they said it shrinked and they didn't monitored again.
5 years later I had ovarian cancer with a tumor the size of a football! Completely preventable...
I know several cases neglected that were not lucky to survive as I did.
Didn't hear what the missed diagnosis was
Won't get any better if lawmakers keep raising the cost and requirements of practice while reducing reimbursement fees. Sad, but not suprising. If Canada wants to describe itself as a "1st world country", better provide some "1st world results"
Leaves out the important information of where can we find these 700 new family doctors 🙃
Speak the truth too many health care workers quit cause of something being forced on them
What did she die of if she was misdiagnosed?
Her parents and society killed her. Denied her medical treatment when goons when poisoning her. Must have been some mean male spooks.
Medical incompetency is happening so often. But I mean 6 years of schooling is enough to learn absolutely everything you need to know about the human body. Oh you passed with a 92%, I should just assume that you’ll know what to do under pressure and remember every little bit of schooling you were taught
These doctors don't take notes and they don't listen. 6 years full time is enough to learn most medical specialties and it should make them not want to go to prison. These doctors secretly torture and maim patients.
It's impossible to get a family doctor in Nanaimo my daughter has lived here for 3 years and still can't find one. I also live here and have travel to the mainland to see mine. Its crazy what this government is allowing.
That’s Doug Ford and his ‘conservative’ buddies fault. Also Galen Weston and Loblaws.
@@redneckcanuck8359 What power does Doug Ford have over the healthcare system in British Columbia?
700 new doctors hired in BC, hopefully you can find one.
My friend got pnemonia cause his doctor read his xray wrong.
I doubt reading the X-ray wrong gave your friend pneumonia. He likely had pneumonia given to him by a nasty bacteria or virus but it couldn’t be seen on the X-ray yet. That why you treat with meds likely to work but always recheck the X-ray in a week.
@@user-mt7hv5zq3i the early signs could've prevented it.
Yet Justin can ship BILLIONS overseas? Now he wants to jail you for LIFE for merely talking about it.
Justin has nothing to do with that. That's BC and that's NDP controlling the healthcare here in Ontario. It's conservatives destroying our health care. Trying to privatize everything making all our family doctors quit. I lost my family doctor him and his wife were great doctors . Thanks for nothing conservatives.
You don't sound like your canadian not knowing each province controls their own health care.
@@noid8814 You don't sound very knowledgeable as the federal government funds healthcare in every province as well, and uses that money to strong arm them into making economic decisions the federal government wants them to.
Perhaps you should pay more attention. It isn't even that hard...
@@noid8814 It seems to be the same struggle nation wide... odds are one province would get it right.
This unacceptable…
welcome to Canada
Yes. Unfortunate. That's been my experiences, as well, especially in the hospital emergency rooms, definitely not getting care, or taken seriously, at all. Very frustrating. Was sent away to die.
Me too.
It is really bad in Ontario too. I’m afraid this is going to happen more.
My sincere condolences to this young lady's family🙏🌹❤️
I'm going through something similarly, I'm 46 and have been healthy as an ox for my entire life up until recently. For that reason, the only time I was involved with doctors was prelabour and during my kids births. There was no need to go to the doctors.
Then 'something' happened and swiftly and suddenly I was almost paralyzed by joint pain. The ER gave me prednisone right away, and then after I was done a short course of it I could feel it was coming back again so I went to the GP closest to me. He just continued on it and didn't even question why it was happening, saying because of my age it has to be RA. RA is a genetic disease and nothing like that runs in my family.I said by their own definition it couldn't be RA, it HAS to be a symptom of something else. I wasn't heard.
Now, 2 years later I have mass rashes all over my legs from the medication given by the RA specialist. And there are other symptoms I have that clearly are pointing to the fact I most probably have Lyme disease. I keep trying to tell my GP this and he won't even give me a Lyme test to ease my fears.
It feels like they're masking symptoms but not finding the actual point of origin and I really believe I have Lyme disease. Trying to get them to listen is like pulling teeth😔 so frustrating
You should be able to get tested for Lyme disease, if only for your peace of mind, even if doctor's think it's something else.
I don't know of cost, but have you looked into getting the test done through private care? Or a Naturopath doctor is probably very familiar with Lyme symptoms. Pharmacists also know a lot. Recently, in Ontario, pharmacists have been given permission to diagnose and treat some illnesses, if they can. If it's too serious they refer you to a doctor.
You could ask an experienced pharmacist for advice, at least.
RA is miserable, but if you feel it's something else, you need to know.
I hope you find answers and feel better soon.
Joint pain at 46 could be menopause-caused.
What did she die from? What was the misdiagnosis?
Indeed. Why can't they get to the point? I might just take 30 seconds.
Horrible! What was the diagnosis? Did they find out?
Off subject, that is an adorable dog...
she died from septic shock, which was caused by hemorrhoids.
@@Aquais97 Shocking. I didn't even know that was possible. Poor young woman.
They killed her so she would never have kids. Poisoning of her laundry happened.
It’s about time a news outlet ran something like this it happends everyday I have a co-worker who went through scans and checkups and a ton of different doctors just for 2 years later for it to be a hernia
Yes, the more obvious got missed with me too. Over 3 years of extreme pain, in and out of emergency during the worst of it. Finally diagnosed by a very thorough Ultrasound technician, not doctors...
Kidney stones.
Add that to the bucket list of reasons not to retire in Canada. Always have a backup option at least. And I cant be the only one that thinks this way. A lot of money will be spent overseas rather than back to the expensive Canadian economy.
Misdiagnosed between 2 HOSPITALS😮!!! It's not just the sysem It's some doctors!!!
Must be some fireing coming up & lawsuits.
A big shame!!!
Our health care system is broken. Even having a family doctor, its not guaranteed anymore you'll get any help from them. I've been calling and emailing my doctor for months, and no response.
The Libetal government has not paid one minute's attention to our crumbling healthcare system in the past 8 years, focusing all of its attention on issues that affect very few Canadians and this is the result, all across our beautiful country. Remember this young woman when voting for better at the next election to ensure this does not happen again. Condolences to her family and friends for their tragic loss. 💔
The PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS are responsible for healthcare!
@@Mathchickey
Yes, and it's still a Canadian problem, in every province.
What new doctors??? They have been closing down clinics in the Greater Victoria areas for the last couple of years. There is no way to get a private doctor here.
A nurse accidentally gave the wrong medication to a patient and was sent to jail, this happened not long ago and was in the news, This doctor should go to jail too.
The nurse wasn't jailed for giving the wrong meds, it was due to not following protocol which resulted in the wrong meds dispensed. Why would anyone become a doctor if they could get jailed for an error? Doctors are human!
Time for civil lawsuits.
As someone who lives in this area, this terrifies me. I do have access to a nurse practitioner thankfully, but only for another year. Then I will have to find someone else, and i am scared i wont be able to.
My sister 44 yrs old went to different doctors just to get proper diagnosis and treatment.. she complaint about abdominal pain but was given tylenol and was told it might be due to PMS. If she did not insist on having biopsy and ultrasound she wont get diagnosis. Until she was in so much pain that she almost passed out and bled non stop. Was then diagnosed July 2023 of terminal cancer and died November 2023 in Edmonton Alberta. Symptoms started late 2021 and she was back and forth to bunch of practitioners. She trusted the system and ultimately was let down.