ra·tion
/ˈraSH(ə)n,ˈrāSH(ə)n/
noun
- a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.
Not very long ago I wrote a piece concerning an issue that has troubled me for a long time.
The rationing of health care.
Presciently,I warned of the situation worsening in the near future. At that time I had no idea how close we were to the brink of the cliff. Only a few months ago when I would voice concerns regarding a looming catastrophe in the availability of health care, my friends would roll their eyes to heaven. Who knew that things could change in the blink of an eyelid? But they did. Even at the time when the coronavirus was already evident, our inept government was gifting sixteen tonnes of critically needed protective equipment to China. A little foresight on the part of government might have avoided the precarious position health care workers find themselves in now. But our sanctimonious , virtue signalling PM has his heart set on the hypocritical Security Counsel seat. The Chinese, of course seem to be in the business of selling us back some of the equipment at an exorbitant price.
Rationing has already become a huge issue as front-line health care providers cannot obtain the vital personal protective equipment that they need to protect their own lives as well as their families. As one of them said to me recently, "It's like sending a firefighter to put out a fire without protective gear or a hose!"
Patients are feeling the shortages already. Virtually all elective procedures have been cancelled and many non-elective surgeries put on indefinite hold. As scarcity for life preserving equipment (such as respirators) becomes more acute, as it certainly will, who will determine who gets what? Will they be allocated on a first come first served basis? Will coronavirus patients take precedence over a trauma patient ? Will corona virus patients who have meticulously followed the guidelines be considered equal to someone who has wantonly ignored them? Finally, will some violent criminal get the same treatment as the Prime Minister? You know the answer to that one. We sanctimonious Canadians like to pretend that everyone is treated equally, when we know that they aren't - nor if we are being honest would most of us want them to be.
Canada was slow to respond to the Covid-19 threat. The Liberal bureaucrats disdained to monitor travelers from China claiming the risk to be low. Public health officials stated that the risk of transmission in Canada was low as recently as recently as early March. Two weeks later, the country was on shut-down. Trudeau warned yesterday that it might be a long time before life returns to normal in Canada. Meanwhile, there are still daily flights from China to Canada! At the end of January the Minister of Health stated, "There is no clear evidence that the virus is easily transmitted between people". The public were smarter as evidenced by the number of people now using face masks.
Before this crisis it was evident that health care in Canada was deteriorating at an alarming rate. I hope that this disaster will awaken the public to the fact that rationing of health care in Canada is a growing catastrophe.
I welcome your comments.
The rationing of health care.
Presciently,I warned of the situation worsening in the near future. At that time I had no idea how close we were to the brink of the cliff. Only a few months ago when I would voice concerns regarding a looming catastrophe in the availability of health care, my friends would roll their eyes to heaven. Who knew that things could change in the blink of an eyelid? But they did. Even at the time when the coronavirus was already evident, our inept government was gifting sixteen tonnes of critically needed protective equipment to China. A little foresight on the part of government might have avoided the precarious position health care workers find themselves in now. But our sanctimonious , virtue signalling PM has his heart set on the hypocritical Security Counsel seat. The Chinese, of course seem to be in the business of selling us back some of the equipment at an exorbitant price.
Rationing has already become a huge issue as front-line health care providers cannot obtain the vital personal protective equipment that they need to protect their own lives as well as their families. As one of them said to me recently, "It's like sending a firefighter to put out a fire without protective gear or a hose!"
Patients are feeling the shortages already. Virtually all elective procedures have been cancelled and many non-elective surgeries put on indefinite hold. As scarcity for life preserving equipment (such as respirators) becomes more acute, as it certainly will, who will determine who gets what? Will they be allocated on a first come first served basis? Will coronavirus patients take precedence over a trauma patient ? Will corona virus patients who have meticulously followed the guidelines be considered equal to someone who has wantonly ignored them? Finally, will some violent criminal get the same treatment as the Prime Minister? You know the answer to that one. We sanctimonious Canadians like to pretend that everyone is treated equally, when we know that they aren't - nor if we are being honest would most of us want them to be.
Canada was slow to respond to the Covid-19 threat. The Liberal bureaucrats disdained to monitor travelers from China claiming the risk to be low. Public health officials stated that the risk of transmission in Canada was low as recently as recently as early March. Two weeks later, the country was on shut-down. Trudeau warned yesterday that it might be a long time before life returns to normal in Canada. Meanwhile, there are still daily flights from China to Canada! At the end of January the Minister of Health stated, "There is no clear evidence that the virus is easily transmitted between people". The public were smarter as evidenced by the number of people now using face masks.
Before this crisis it was evident that health care in Canada was deteriorating at an alarming rate. I hope that this disaster will awaken the public to the fact that rationing of health care in Canada is a growing catastrophe.
I welcome your comments.
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