Blog by Betsy Carstairs

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BC MEDICAL UNCARE

Last week my mom had a stroke AND I now know first-hand what hall room nursing care is ALL about. We waited for 7 hours on a stretcher at Lion's Gate Hospital just to get into emergency.

After watching Michel Moore's "SICKO", it brings one's awareness of how other countries ... Cuba being one that treats health care as a priority. These countries give a much more supportive caring attitude to their patients.

We live in one of the richest countries in the world AND it is SAD that our government places such a low priority on health care.

My experience with my 89 year old mother left me feeling VERY unsupported. The FIGHT to get her into the hospital was an exhausting process both physically and emotionally.

So stay healthy or move to France or Cuba.