My coworker fell in Costa Rica, hurt her knee and came back and had an MRI the same week. I saw my doctor in mid-March and she ordered an MRI on my neck, it's scheduled for next week. Do some people wait 6 months... yes, those that can wait 6 months are asked to wait 6 months. Those that need it quickly, get it quickly. It's the triage method.
I also had the option to book a private MRI and get it next day. It would have been $650CAD or $483USD. I happen to be in LA when my issue came up and I looked at private MRI. It was way more expensive than the Canadian alternative (however, it could have been LA/Hollywood pricing).
No it's not. I tweaked my knee pretty badly to the point where i would wake up at night from deep sleep due to pain (and I generally have a higher pain tolerance) and the best the doctor could do was prescribe ultra sound cause getting an MRI scan would take 6-7 months.
Even then the earliest appointment I could get for a knee specialist to look at my knee is 6 months.
It really depends on where you're. If you're in the city of Toronto, good luck getting an MRI appointment.
> those that can wait 6 months are asked to wait 6 months
You do know that you're body doesn't decide to wait 6 months for an MRI and stop developing scar tissue right?
Priority 4 patients (the lowest priority) waited on average 73 days. Highest priority scanned on average of 3 days. Are the numbers great? No, only 42% of people are scanned within the recommended timelines (priority 4 - 28 days, priority 3 - 10 days and priority 2 - 2 days). But it hyperbole to say it's a 6 month wait when the data doesn't show that. Do some people wait 6 months... yes, but those are likely priority 4 people where a qualified medical provider has determined the scan is not a priority.
Cool, tell that to my knee that is still waiting for an MRI and I can't event get appointment for a specialist to look at my knee at my walk in clinic.
I would like to see the source for your data since clearly in my case, the doctor flat said there's no point getting an MRI because the wait time are too long.
Well yes of course, why or how would you include those people?
I'm just here defending the publicly funded Canadian health care system. When people go online and make false claims, it devalues the system we have. Is it perfect? Definitely not. But is it better than fully private systems where your healthcare depends on a job and one injury or hospital stay could bankrupt you? Definitely, but only if people care to defend it.
You're here defending while brushing apart valid points that people bring apart without any logic. Is Canadian healthcare system good if you're dying? Yes, it's god send, they'll do everything to save. But if you happen to not be dying, good luck with this system.
> Well yes of course, why or how would you include those people?
That's the entire point, you can't take those numbers at face value because how many people who need MRI aren't prescribed one to begin with.
>you can't take those numbers at face value because how many people who need MRI aren't prescribed one to begin with.
Citation needed (that isn't your n=1 story). If someone's problem was bad enough, they'd book an MRI regardless of how far out it was. If someone says "nah, don't even bother" perhaps their problem isn't that bad.
> My coworker fell in Costa Rica, hurt her knee and came back and had an MRI the same week. I saw my doctor in mid-March and she ordered an MRI on my neck, it's scheduled for next week.
You started your entire argument on this point, i.e. (n=2) lol
Sure I'll give you that. However I then followed with population level data from two of the large Canadian provinces representing nearly 20 million people.
My coworker fell in Costa Rica, hurt her knee and came back and had an MRI the same week. I saw my doctor in mid-March and she ordered an MRI on my neck, it's scheduled for next week. Do some people wait 6 months... yes, those that can wait 6 months are asked to wait 6 months. Those that need it quickly, get it quickly. It's the triage method.
I also had the option to book a private MRI and get it next day. It would have been $650CAD or $483USD. I happen to be in LA when my issue came up and I looked at private MRI. It was way more expensive than the Canadian alternative (however, it could have been LA/Hollywood pricing).