Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - 'Ideological' roadblock

We wanted the government to get off its rear end and talk to us," Copeman told The Sun yesterday. "We have some very honest concerns about the waiting lists here. We thought this would be one way to help them clear away any ideological differences."
Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - 'Ideological' roadblock: "'Ideological' roadblock"

National Post The health Care debate

Is Canada a democracy? If the 53% majority want private care options why are they not allowed to have them? The Noblese oblige public health care systemor monopoly gas got to learn how to compete. Q-J
National Post: "In the new Leger Marketing poll, the national average was 52% in favour of allowing 'those who wish to pay for health care in the private sector to have speedier access to this type of care while still maintaining the current free and universal health care system.' Forty-two per cent were opposed, and 5% had no opinion"

CBS News | Vacation, Adventure And Surgery? | April 25, 2005�10:33:16

This is a very informed article from 60 minutes about medical tourism.
We started Q-jumpers to let people know about medical alternatives to the existing options -expensive, long waiting ques,less then stellar or excuse riddled service often faced by those that need help now. WE WILL HELP YOU -CONTACT US QJCBS News | Vacation, Adventure And Surgery? | April 25, 2005�10:33:16: "A growing number of tourists are doing just that: combining holidays with health care. And that�s because a growing number of countries are offering first-rate medical care at third-world prices. Many of these medical tourists can�t afford health care at home; the 40 million uninsured Americans, for example. Others are going for procedures not covered by their insurance: cosmetic surgery, infertility treatment.

And the hospitals in these faraway countries are glad to have these medical tourists. In fact, they are courting their business, trying to get more people to outsource their own health care. Correspondent Bob Simon reports."

Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - 'Seamless transition'

More on the state of caring for those in need -this time from Manitoba- So when is it going to stop - what happened to accountability for the tax dollars spent?Q-J
Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - 'Seamless transition': "'Other than embarrassment, there doesn't seem to be any retribution or punishment for their treatment of tax dollars intended for vulnerable persons,' he said. 'It would appear (the province) left far too much money on the table.'
Melnick conceded yesterday that a lengthy period had elapsed since her department was first made aware of Hydra House's financial improprieties. "

Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - Facing the people

Nothing wrong in listening to what the PM has to say . It should be interesting ! PR
Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - Facing the people: "Facing the people



By Sun Media"

Hamilton Keep Gov't institution open?

What do you think - are you getting value for your money ? I bet that If you gave the money to the family members you would see better results. It is hard to believe that the cost of care for one resident is higher then the average income of four families. It is frightening that more money is needed to maintain this infrastructure. Be creative -reduce the restrictions to care -there are lots of alternatives . Break the monopoly of care -including the sister organizations-the Community living franchises - $140,000 per resident is obscene. QJ

Hamilton: "Sayer said it costs $103,000 per year for a person to live at Huronia, and noted group homes for the disabled cannot care for residents without more funding. "

Canada far behind in Medical Services

So you think we have the best medical system in the world. Why not read the facts and be informed . It is true that we have the most expensive medical system -but certainly not the best . We are getting very poor value for the money that we spend.

It is not more money -it is a better system that we really need, A new system of competitive care that is permitted to respond to patients and allow practitioners to do their job without the existing top heavy administration and protectionist overregulation that prevails today Q-J

Winnipeg Sun Editorial: Too hot to handle( Health)

One is starting to get the feeling that the term Ministry of Health is a misnomer. The true label should be the Ministry of Anti-Health and Misinformation. Q-J
Winnipeg Sun Editorial: Too hot to handle: "Far from advocating the death of medicare, they sensibly point out that private-sector choices are available in every other country that offers universal health care -- including socialistic ones like Sweden and France.
What's more, while Canada spends more per capita than nearly every other comparable country on health, it lags far behind in every major ranking of quality of care -- from availability of doctors and MRIs to mortality rates. "

Osprey Media Group Inc. - Brantford Expositor City desparate for a MRI

This is a good review of a public need that is not being met by the current Health administration. The truth and reality is informative.The facts are that this necessary service was easy to deliver and could have been in place last year. A proposal and plan was presented to the Ministry of Health and died a slow amd agonizing death. The report commissioned by a government representative is a worthwhile and enlightening read ,could still be actioned without fuss and the numerous public grovelling pleas to the entrenched Ministry representatives. Ask the MPP D. Levac for the December 2004- Hollecrest report to shed some light on this murky but critical health issue in the southern health catchment basin . Q.J
Osprey Media Group Inc. - Brantford Expositor: "City desperate for MRI

By Susan Gamble
Local News - Saturday, April 16, 2005 @ 01:00 "

BUSINESS WIRE: The Global Leader in News Distribution a solution?

BUSINESS WIRE: The Global Leader in News Distribution: "According to a recent study (Arch Neurol 2003; 60: 1119-1122), there are 4.5 million people with Alzheimer's disease in the United States alone; by 2050 this number is projected to increase almost three times to 13.2 million. Worldwide estimates of the current number of people with Alzheimer's disease range from 15 to 20 million. The annual national direct and indirect costs of caring for Alzheimer patients in the U.S. alone is estimated at $100 billion. The human toll on patients, families and caregivers is incalculable. "

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France Steps Up Adoption of Electronic Patient Record
Brussels Report Deplores Low IT Spending in European Hospitals and Calls for Reforms "

Sympatico / MSN : News : CTV.ca 25% of Canadians die of cancer

Sympatico / MSN : News : CTV.ca: "Aging population to set off cancer crisis
CTV.ca News Staff
While survival rates for many major cancers continue to improve, Canada's aging baby-boomers and the growing population are creating a cancer crisis, according to the Canadian Cancer Society.
In its 2005 cancer statistics, released Tuesday, the Canadian Cancer Society projects that there will be 149,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed this year and 69,500 people will died of the disease in 2005. That is 3,500 more new cases and 1,200 deaths over last year."

Report slams ONt.Health system

Hamilton

Boston.com / Business / Study urges steps to fast-track new diabetes monitor

Boston.com / Business / Study urges steps to fast-track new diabetes monitor: "Study urges steps to fast-track new diabetes monitor
By Jeffrey Krasner, Globe Staff | March 25, 2005
Devices to continuously monitor the blood-sugar levels of diabetes patients are still largely in research labs, but the New England Healthcare Institute says it's high time to figure out how to get the machines approved by regulators and paid for by insurance companies."

Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - Hasty hospitals forget needles

The service just keep getting better in our "healthy" system Q.J
Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - Hasty hospitals forget needles: " 95-year-old woman was released from Concordia Hospital on March 31 with an IV catheter still in her vein. The day before, Agnes Alexander, 72, was discharged from Concordia with an intravenous instrument in her arm. "

Healthcare Industry Deploying Wireless Broadband

tele medicine might be an answer to improve service . QJ
Healthcare Industry Deploying Wireless Broadband: "Accomplishing the Savings through Telemedicine

Telemedicine refers to the use of hi-speed broadband connectivity to make diagnoses, treat patients and gain access to information in the medical system through the use of two-way voice, video and data transmission. It also refers to the patient-consumer's ability to access information, acquire knowledge and training and make purchases of medical equipment and supplies and fill e-prescriptions. "

Hamilton -More liberal service improvements -ie do not talk to the customers!

Hamilton: "Martel used Access to Information legislation to obtain a copy of the memo, which was sent to all Liberal members and their staff. The note directs them to forward all calls from parents of autistic children to a new policy analyst ''to minimize (well eliminate actually) the chances of your MPP finding themselves in a difficult situation.''
Children's Services Minister Marie Bountrogianni said the government wasn't trying to avoid meeting with parents, but simply wanted to ensure all their questions were answered by a new adviser who understood Liberal policy.
''This was a 2004 memo, and it was to ensure that parents got accurate and very specific information when they called,'' Bountrogianni said. ''That was the intent of the e-mail.'' "

Outrageous salaries for minimal results - where is the reality?

Hamilton: "Rein in hospital exec salaries: CUPE

Gillian Livingston
Canadian Press


April 2, 2005


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TORONTO -- Ontario's health minister must address high salaries for hospital executives given that hospitals are pleading for more money and laying off staff to balance their books, the president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees said Friday"

Yahoo! News - Computer Helps Detect Small Breast Cancers

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Another Case Entirely

Another Case Entirely: "TECH'S POSTER BOY. Wellness -- the New Age buzzword for everything from spa treatments to organic food -- and resorts because Case believes in the next two decades they will move from the province of the elite to the mainstream, as aging baby boomers seek their comforts. These are in combo with health care because when his older brother, Daniel Case III, was diagnosed with what proved to be a fatal brain cancer, he saw for himself just how difficult it is for even the privileged to make well-informed decisions about their care. Case will spend about half of that $500 million on companies that help patients take a more active role in their treatment."