of Judge Harold Wright
Judge
Wright sits on health care provision
Two
patients limp into two different Canadian medical clinics with the same
complaint.
Both
have trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement. The first
patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day, has a time booked
for surgery the next day and, within two days, is home
recuperating.
The
second sees the family doctor after waiting a week for an appointment, then
waits eighteen weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn't
reviewed for another month and finally has his surgery scheduled for 6 months
from then.
Why
the different treatment for the two patients?
The
first is a Golden Retriever.
The
second is a Senior Citizen.
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