DEFINITION: When the rights of patients to receive top notch medical care are superseded by the rights of students to be trained in medicine based on “identity politics” over merit.
My husband had a wart on his elbow and went REPEATEDLY to the doctor for an obviously NON EFFECTIVE treatment. I told him to go to a dermatologist that charged him a couple of hundred dollars and it was permanently dealt with, saving my husband's time and the health system time AND money. Shortly after I got a letter in the mail from ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES asking to know the nature of the services rendered. At first I thought NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, but then I realized I needed to write back, telling them none of your business - but also the fact that if I wanted to spend MY MONEY getting a wart removed, who in hell were THEY to interfere???!!!! A few weeks later I get a call from AHS wanting to discuss this issue. Essentially the AHS BOSS was trying to tell me my husband was jumping the que and THAT IS NOT FAIR!!! I pointed out the obvious SAVING OF TIME AND MONEY TO THEIR SYSTEM, and that many things in life ARE NOT FAIR, including that my husband drove a brand new BMW while this was driving a 1992 Oldsmobile that my father gave me (all by my choice, of course) and that it was not his business WHAT I chose to do with my money - fair or unfair. I also pointed out that if my DOG had a wart, I could simply take him to a clinic, lay down my credit card and have it dealt with within minutes. We treat our dogs better than people. We were on the phone for a good 45 minutes!!!! I finally told him I HAD TO GET BACK TO WORK, and did HE NOT HAVE MORE PRESSING MATTERS TO ATTEND TO than be chatting on the phone for a better part of an hour? I concluded the call with asking him to please NOT FORCE ME TO TAKE MY HUSBAND TO THE VET TO GET TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE SURGERY should a wart reappear. This AHS MANAGER obviously had a lot of time on his hands!!! Try to keep as healthy as you can, ansmd stay away from these people as much as possible!
My husband had a wart on his elbow and went REPEATEDLY to the doctor for an obviously NON EFFECTIVE treatment. I told him to go to a dermatologist that charged him a couple of hundred dollars and it was permanently dealt with, saving my husband's time and the health system time AND money. Shortly after I got a letter in the mail from ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES asking to know the nature of the services rendered. At first I thought NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, but then I realized I needed to write back, telling them none of your business - but also the fact that if I wanted to spend MY MONEY getting a wart removed, who in hell were THEY to interfere???!!!! A few weeks later I get a call from AHS wanting to discuss this issue. Essentially the AHS BOSS was trying to tell me my husband was jumping the que and THAT IS NOT FAIR!!! I pointed out the obvious SAVING OF TIME AND MONEY TO THEIR SYSTEM, and that many things in life ARE NOT FAIR, including that my husband drove a brand new BMW while this was driving a 1992 Oldsmobile that my father gave me (all by my choice, of course) and that it was not his business WHAT I chose to do with my money - fair or unfair. I also pointed out that if my DOG had a wart, I could simply take him to a clinic, lay down my credit card and have it dealt with within minutes. We treat our dogs better than people. We were on the phone for a good 45 minutes!!!! I finally told him I HAD TO GET BACK TO WORK, and did HE NOT HAVE MORE PRESSING MATTERS TO ATTEND TO than be chatting on the phone for a better part of an hour? I concluded the call with asking him to please NOT FORCE ME TO TAKE MY HUSBAND TO THE VET TO GET TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE SURGERY should a wart reappear. This AHS MANAGER obviously had a lot of time on his hands!!! Try to keep as healthy as you can, ansmd stay away from these people as much as possible!
Thanks for your story Priscilla