On Feb 7, 2:20 pm, Rob Hooper <mebee2004-n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> ileo_man wrote:
> > I have asked my family doctor to let me see a GI doctor, but the
> > earliest appointment is 4.5 months away!
>
> Follow the good advice given so far and also get a new doctor.
> Something is very wrong when he or she tells you you have to wait 4.5
> months for a GI doc appointment!
>
> Your fiend,
>
> Rob
Waiting for 5 months to see a GI doctor is the norm here in Ottawa,
Canada. That is the problem with a universal health care here. Years
back, I saw another GI doctor, and he also asked me to wait 5 months
or longer for an appointment. From what I learned, these specialist's
earnings are capped per year by the govt, and they may work 10 days a
month seeing patients, and then refuse to see more patients because
they will not be paid by the govt. Therefore, they just see patients
2 or 3 days a week.
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