Iron Deficiency in the Elderly, the Silent Killer
Once more our laxidasical healthcare system has struck my family. My favorite aunt, well into her 80's but living independently with her husband and enjoying life, suddenly goes into congestive heart failure. With encouragement from me, she agrees to go to the emergency, gets the urgent intervention to reverse the failure, and is referred to a cardiologist. Keep in mind she had just been to a cardiologist six weeks before and was told everything was fine----but that is another story. During her stay in the emergency it was found that her blood was down several pints and she was gi...
Source: What's Wrong with Healthcare? - February 25, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Source Type: blogs
A Bird's Eye View of Family Medicine
Considerable time has passed since I last made an entry to my blog site. Basically, I ’ve decided the healthcare train is going down the tracks in its predetermined direction and nothing I say or do is likely to change the direction or the time interval at which it slows down, stops, and considers a new direction. Meanwhile I have decided to continue in my small way to help those t hat fall between the “train tracks” by doing a bit of palliative care and giving sought after advice by some of my friends. < br / > I ’m writing today to suggest a totally new and novel approach to the shortage of family physicians...
Source: What's Wrong with Healthcare? - September 15, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Gore Saves Canada's Healthcare System
Is it possible that more than 50% of Canadians have some type of a generalized anxiety disorder, or for that matter, a specific anxiety disorder? With healthcare in Canada failing on any scale we wish to implement, and this having a direct impact on their lives NOW, the majority of Canadians would seem to think global warming should be out number one priority. Without getting into the debate about humans ’ contribution to global warming and the various discussions that rage in the MSNM (mostly with the theme that we are in crises mode) I am continually reminded of the patients I have cared for over the years that felt th...
Source: What's Wrong with Healthcare? - December 21, 2007 Category: Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Building Shrines, Calgary's South Health Campus
A few weeks ago I attended a presentation pertaining to Calgary ’s “South Health Campus”. Now for those of you that are not familiar with Calgary’s hospital history, a hospital was planned for Calgary’s South East Quadrant at least ten years ago. This hospital was to be less than 400 beds and would come in at an estimated cost of less than 400 million dollars. Since that time, there has been much in the news media about the soaring estimated cost of this health facility, some reports estimated as high as 1.2 billion dollars. The blame for this has been attributed to Alberta’s overheated economy and rising const...
Source: What's Wrong with Healthcare? - July 21, 2007 Category: Primary Care Source Type: blogs
