最初由 Felix 发布
差不多,工资实际到手60%。。。7万年薪,每月3000多,属于正常。。。
最初由 ltw 发布
Well, I was just trying to tell the truth. It seems that the Canadian medical care officals need to invite a Telecom Software Engineer to help solving the scheduling or the queuing problem.
Just kidding(No offensive) Good luck.
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http://www.benefitsworld.com/aa/health/MedWait20031021.asp
Medical care wait times increased over past year in Canada
October 21, 2003
TORONTO - A national survey conducted by the Fraser Institute, a Vancouver-based right-wing think-tank, released Monday, the average waiting times across Canada to see a doctor and to get diagnostic and other essential medical care have increased in the last year and have reached an all-time high over the past decade, suggests .
More than 90 per cent of average waiting times are considered beyond clinically "reasonable," indicates the survey. The institute surveyed 2,817 specialists across Canada for its 13th annual waiting-list survey, titled Waiting Your Turn: Hospital Waiting Lists in Canada.
The total waiting time - from the moment a patient gets a referral from a family doctor to the time he or she gets treatment - in a dozen specialties covering areas such as cancer, heart, eye and orthopedic care rose from 16.5 weeks in 2001-02 to 17.7 weeks in 2003, the survey suggests.
"Canadians are waiting almost 18 weeks for essential medical care," said John Graham, the institute's director of health and pharmaceutical policy research.
"The standard solution - throwing more money at the problem - is just not working. "
Graham said the survey found total waiting time for care is 90 per cent longer now than in 1993.
The rise in total waiting time is the result of both an increase in the first wait (from visiting a general practitioner and getting a consultation with a specialist, which grew from 7.3 to 8.3 weeks over the one-year period) and the wait between the consultation with a specialist and the actual treatment (which rose from 9.2 to 9.5 weeks), the survey concludes.
This year's nationwide increase in total average waiting time reflects increases in seven provinces, with decreases in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the survey found.
Among the various specialties, the shortest total waits were for cancer surgery (6.1 weeks), cancer radiation (8.1 weeks) and general surgery (10.3 weeks), while patients waited longest for orthopedic surgery (32.2 weeks), eye treatment (30 weeks) and plastic surgery (28.6 weeks).
Getting diagnosed for a problem in the first place also proved to be more burdensome for Canadians, according to the survey.
The median wait for an ultrasound was 3.6 weeks; for computed tomography (a CT scan) it was 5.5 weeks; and for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) it was 12.7 weeks.
The specialists interviewed for the survey were also asked what they regarded as clinically "reasonable" waiting times. They responded that actual waiting time exceeded reasonable waiting time in 92 per cent of the comparisons.
Graham said the survey shows that the "federal and provincial governments are still failing to act in the face of international evidence that increasing patient options for private care reduces waiting times. "
However, any trend towards privatizing health care was blasted by Roy Romanow, Saskatchewan's former NDP premier, in his royal commission report on the future of health care in Canada.
The Fraser Institute isn't the first to put its finger on the unacceptably long waiting times for medical care, said Michael Decter, a former Ontario deputy health minister who's now with the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
However, Decter said he doubts it's possible to solve the waiting-time dilemma quickly, because one key is to boost the number of health-care professionals like nurses and doctors.
"I'm not sure creating more private clinics would solve the problem at all, let me be clear on that," said Decter, who had no involvement in the Fraser survey.
"The real issue is making some investments in capacity (medical personnel). But you don't produce a doctor or nurse overnight, so these (waiting-list) problems don't have instant solutions."
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最初由 ltw 发布
对不起,这些日子心情不佳,上一贴多有得罪,请见谅。其实,是苦是甜,大家心里清楚。得之不喜,失之不悲, 真能做到这一点的人,不多见。
我举的在医院的例子,是发生在我的一位朋友身上的真事, 并未夸张。我自己有一次看病,也需预约专科医生,等了三个月。医疗人员短缺造成的排队就医这一点,你会体验到的。
至于楼主,如果真的要来加拿大的话,请认真考虑我所说的那几点。做好在加拿大从零做起的准备,做好在加拿大失业的准备,做好在加拿大打工生存的准备。思想准备充足些,弄清此行的机会成本。我个人以为,对于30岁以上, 事业有成的人来讲,移民(特别是在这个经济不景气的时候)不是个明智的选择。
“以出世的心态,做入世的事情” 这是我一朋友的赠言。 很惭愧,我始终没能做到。
算了,新年快到了,不想把不佳的心情传染给大家。
祝各位网友新年愉快,心想事成!!!