你的朋友是发病很严重的情况下在急诊室得到救治,这和走正常家庭医生,专科医生,检查,确诊,治疗的途径有很大不同。而且你的朋友从发病从开始治疗一点没耽误也花了三个多星期。如果中间这里等两个星期,那里等两个星期......
我们很多朋友家里孩子生病是直接去急诊室的,即使其实并不是需要急诊的毛病,因为这样才能最快地得到治疗。当然这是非常不合理的,不必要地加重急诊室的负担,但是他们也不想在急诊室一等好多个小时,如果不是另外的选择是要一等好多天的话.......
马上就要死的病肯定会得到及时的治疗,我也从没看见哪个产妇因为没医生管得自己生孩子,除非生得太快了赶不到医院。但是如果是癌症早期,及时诊断治疗可以救命,拖延一下哪怕只是几个星期就扩散没得救了?
说到CT和MRI,请看下面的统计数据:
Canadians waited longer than ever before (18.3 weeks) for non-emergency surgery in 2007, despite a multi-billion-dollar effort by government to speed up medical care, according to a report released yesterday by Canada's Fraser Institute. Highlights of the report include:
1. A typical Canadian seeking surgery had to wait 18.3 weeks in 2007 between referral from a general practitioner and treatment (averaged across all 12 specialties and 10 provinces surveyed), reaching an all-time record high, up from 17.8 weeks in 2006.
2. Ontario recorded the shortest waiting time overall at 15 weeks and Nova Scotia recorded the longest waits in Canada at almost 25 weeks.
3. The waiting time between referral by a GP and consultation with a specialist rose to 9.2 weeks from the 8.8 weeks recorded in 2006. The shortest waits for specialist consultations were in Ontario (7.6 weeks) and the longest waits for consultation with a specialist were recorded in Prince Edward Island (12.7 weeks).
4. The waiting time between specialist consultation and treatment—the second stage of waiting—increased to 9.1 weeks from 9 weeks in 2006. The shortest specialist-to-treatment waits were found in Ontario (7.3 weeks), while the longest waits were in Manitoba (12.0 weeks).
5. Between 2006 and 2007, large increases occurred in the waits for internal medicine (additional 4.9 weeks), gynaecology (additional 2.1 weeks), urology (additional 1.9 weeks), and otolaryngology (additional 1.8 weeks).
6. The median wait for a CT scan across Canada was 4.8 weeks. British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia had the shortest wait for CT scans (4 weeks), while the longest wait occurred in Manitoba (8 weeks).
7. The median wait for an MRI across Canada was 10.1 weeks (in other words, early 2008 if you call tomorrow). Patients in Ontario experienced the shortest wait for an MRI (7.8 weeks), while Newfoundland residents waited longest (20 weeks - in other words March 5, 2008 if you schedule tomorrow).
8. The median wait for ultrasound was 3.9 weeks across Canada. Alberta and Ontario displayed the shortest wait for ultrasound (2 weeks), while Prince Edward Island and Manitoba exhibited the longest ultrasound waiting time (10 weeks).
The Fraser Institute concludes that “The promise of the Canadian health care system is not being realized. The only way to solve the system’s most curable disease – lengthy wait times that are consistently and significantly longer than physicians feel is clinically reasonable – is for substantial reform of the Canadian health care system.”
请注意连做个B超都要等4个星期。我在加拿大做过的B超最快的一次是因为圣诞假期腹痛进了急诊室,约在两天之后。其他因为怀孕的原因要做很多时候都得等,当然等的时间一般不到4星期。可以想象其他被认为时效性不强的等的时间肯定不止四星期。
从上面的数字,可以看出从被怀疑有癌症,到确诊得到治疗,哪怕不用开刀,不等上一两个月基本上不大可能。这一两个月中,癌症可以扩散到什么地方去,大概只好看运气了。