mooo

https://ift.tt/bsfKakF via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/oDBmEya

https://ift.tt/hgbEfJZ via /r/plantclinic https://ift.tt/EA978Mq

https://ift.tt/rQFVGtg via /r/pics https://ift.tt/6gq2Rdv

https://ift.tt/59lRz8e via /r/science https://ift.tt/eDSpbkj

https://ift.tt/IGvVNa9 via /r/CemeteryPorn https://ift.tt/WAQobOd

No text found via /r/quotes https://ift.tt/HEo4d6s

https://ift.tt/5y2jXsC via /r/funny https://ift.tt/9tm0jaV

https://ift.tt/8QIthwF via /r/pics https://ift.tt/Y1qecuB

https://ift.tt/8QIthwF via /r/pics https://ift.tt/Y1qecuB

https://ift.tt/Yw6xOG4 via /r/OldSchoolCool https://ift.tt/PqVGjFk

https://ift.tt/z93juZ2 via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/5H41ifA

https://ift.tt/fiOuvA0 via /r/aww https://ift.tt/RpEfBtS

https://ift.tt/bQ5nSZu via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/I5Vu3kZ

https://ift.tt/fiOuvA0 via /r/aww https://ift.tt/RpEfBtS

https://ift.tt/PADrqsZ via /r/GetMotivated https://ift.tt/vJirjfm

https://ift.tt/PADrqsZ via /r/GetMotivated https://ift.tt/vJirjfm

https://ift.tt/AeLWM5x via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/rCxALtQ

https://ift.tt/V9vEMmo via /r/funny https://ift.tt/WGhM7AB

https://ift.tt/LiKceGs via /r/plantclinic https://ift.tt/7DsOL3u

https://ift.tt/flNQshS via /r/pics https://ift.tt/Mt5XC8H

https://ift.tt/gpGUY6X via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/9PYGREu

https://ift.tt/8v3mEP5 via /r/OldSchoolCool https://ift.tt/dzytZG1

https://ift.tt/ZX5bST3 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/lhN9zma

https://ift.tt/ZX5bST3 via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/lhN9zma

https://ift.tt/c7zxnTk via /r/GetMotivated https://ift.tt/PyxSkWY

https://ift.tt/myUYi19 via /r/itookapicture https://ift.tt/ltBAqh0

https://ift.tt/qckaorH via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/XVer9Sa

https://ift.tt/FyG1KmB via /r/pics https://ift.tt/72WYbDN

https://ift.tt/E7h3fAk via /r/Damnthatsinteresting https://ift.tt/lP83Hom

https://ift.tt/9sBOeVG via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/sunCwIe

https://ift.tt/RZa2IMy via /r/books https://ift.tt/OtdkKQc

https://ift.tt/1eqoAER via /r/space https://ift.tt/RWqfwT8

https://ift.tt/JOyWIbd via /r/aww https://ift.tt/QiWVDUE

Context: I am from Bodø, a town just above the artic circle in northern norway. My mothers side have lived here for almost a thousand years as far as we can tell. We have many warcemeteris in the region that i visit about once a year or so, just to clean up the place and pay my respects. I mostly attend the Serbian ones because the russian ones are fairly often visited by russians living in norway. Last time i was there i thought that maybe some serbs would be interested in a little anecdote from my grandma about the serbs and the camps here.During WW2 Norway was (atleast compared to serbia) fairly well treated. Still many ended up in camps in Germany or prison locally. The Nazis imported many prisoners of war to Norway because there were almost as many german soldiers here as there was norwegians so they had a great deal of control, and by deporting prisoners from their home it would be much more difficult for the PoW to get help and escape. We had about 19 concentration camps in my region, many soviet prisoners but mostly Serbs in my area. The prisoners were used to make roads and railroads because of the poor local infrastructure (we are a fishing people). Most famoulsy is the “Blood road” or the “Bloody road” wich is a part of E6 streaching along Norway. Its called the blood road because of the terrible amounts of exicutions carried out during the construction of the road, mostly serbs and other yugoslavs. Now the bodies under the road have been moved to the cemeteries.My grandma was a child but this is what her father and his friends did during the occupation. They had a great deal of sympathy for the Serbs but it was very dangerous to be seen helping them, norwegians got away with more than serbs did, but activly helping prisoners could get you sent to a camp of your own. They did help a few serbs escape over to sweden, but this was few and far between, language barrier and so on made it very difficult to organize anything meaningfull. My great grandpa once used his skis and a sled to drag a Serb (we think, he couldnt tell the diffrence between foreginers of any sort but the majority of them were serbs) over the border, since the guy had been shot in his escape and would be killed if he if he stayed, atleast that how the story goes.Story: But here is the (kinda) fun part. Since the locals saw that the prisoners were starving they wanted to help. They couldnt give any meaningfull amount of food since they could be spotted, insted they trew bottles of “Tran” over the fence. “Tran” is cod liver oil, it is a very common health food in Norway, it contains a bunch of vitamins, fatty oils and Omega-3. Its very common to drink (or nowadays take a pill) once a day to stay healty. In general it was a practial thing to give out. It also tastes like death, atleast it did in the 40ties.The locals used to throw bottles over the fence and hoped that the PoWs would drink it to atleast get some nurishment. The bottles were quicly found, but the PoWs thougth that it was poison because the taste was so horrible, and were unsure wheter is was malice or pity that made the locals give them it. That ended when a friend of my great grandad hid out until the PoWs found a bottle near a fence. He snuck close to them and when spotted made a big show out of chugging half a bottle to make them see that it was not poison. Luckily that convinced many of them and it became fairly popular so they had to throw over allot during the war. Ive also heard that initialy many of the PoWs thought that the bottles were vodka, and that was one of the reason they became so sceptical when it was so oily and terrible, but im not sure about that part.My family didnt keep in contanct with any of the PoWs, all that survived went back to their homeland after the war, only to infrequently return to see the graves of their comrades. But my aunt did once meet a serbian woman who came to the area, and if her claims a true the “tran” helped a great deal of them survive the horrors.Sorry if this is a bit rambly, i just came to think about it when i saw something about Serbia in the news and i wanted to share. I know Serbs like dark humor (atleast according to my friend) so i tought that some of you might like this little story about those poor PoWs thinking even the occupied locals tried to poison them. I hope i have not offended anyone, that is not my intention and i will remove this post if am requested to do so. I have also added some links, unfortunatly most are in norwegian but if there is interest i could try to gather more in english. via /r/serbia https://ift.tt/o3XAYpd

https://ift.tt/mZ7UGzb via /r/plants https://ift.tt/lCiu60r

https://ift.tt/k9CSOFG via /r/mildlyinteresting https://ift.tt/zZcvawx

https://ift.tt/1eqoAER via /r/space https://ift.tt/RWqfwT8

https://ift.tt/JOyWIbd via /r/aww https://ift.tt/QiWVDUE

Context: I am from Bodø, a town just above the artic circle in northern norway. My mothers side have lived here for almost a thousand years as far as we can tell. We have many warcemeteris in the region that i visit about once a year or so, just to clean up the place and pay my respects. I mostly attend the Serbian ones because the russian ones are fairly often visited by russians living in norway. Last time i was there i thought that maybe some serbs would be interested in a little anecdote from my grandma about the serbs and the camps here.During WW2 Norway was (atleast compared to serbia) fairly well treated. Still many ended up in camps in Germany or prison locally. The Nazis imported many prisoners of war to Norway because there were almost as many german soldiers here as there was norwegians so they had a great deal of control, and by deporting prisoners from their home it would be much more difficult for the PoW to get help and escape. We had about 19 concentration camps in my region, many soviet prisoners but mostly Serbs in my area. The prisoners were used to make roads and railroads because of the poor local infrastructure (we are a fishing people). Most famoulsy is the “Blood road” or the “Bloody road” wich is a part of E6 streaching along Norway. Its called the blood road because of the terrible amounts of exicutions carried out during the construction of the road, mostly serbs and other yugoslavs. Now the bodies under the road have been moved to the cemeteries.My grandma was a child but this is what her father and his friends did during the occupation. They had a great deal of sympathy for the Serbs but it was very dangerous to be seen helping them, norwegians got away with more than serbs did, but activly helping prisoners could get you sent to a camp of your own. They did help a few serbs escape over to sweden, but this was few and far between, language barrier and so on made it very difficult to organize anything meaningfull. My great grandpa once used his skis and a sled to drag a Serb (we think, he couldnt tell the diffrence between foreginers of any sort but the majority of them were serbs) over the border, since the guy had been shot in his escape and would be killed if he if he stayed, atleast that how the story goes.Story: But here is the (kinda) fun part. Since the locals saw that the prisoners were starving they wanted to help. They couldnt give any meaningfull amount of food since they could be spotted, insted they trew bottles of “Tran” over the fence. “Tran” is cod liver oil, it is a very common health food in Norway, it contains a bunch of vitamins, fatty oils and Omega-3. Its very common to drink (or nowadays take a pill) once a day to stay healty. In general it was a practial thing to give out. It also tastes like death, atleast it did in the 40ties.The locals used to throw bottles over the fence and hoped that the PoWs would drink it to atleast get some nurishment. The bottles were quicly found, but the PoWs thougth that it was poison because the taste was so horrible, and were unsure wheter is was malice or pity that made the locals give them it. That ended when a friend of my great grandad hid out until the PoWs found a bottle near a fence. He snuck close to them and when spotted made a big show out of chugging half a bottle to make them see that it was not poison. Luckily that convinced many of them and it became fairly popular so they had to throw over allot during the war. Ive also heard that initialy many of the PoWs thought that the bottles were vodka, and that was one of the reason they became so sceptical when it was so oily and terrible, but im not sure about that part.My family didnt keep in contanct with any of the PoWs, all that survived went back to their homeland after the war, only to infrequently return to see the graves of their comrades. But my aunt did once meet a serbian woman who came to the area, and if her claims a true the “tran” helped a great deal of them survive the horrors.Sorry if this is a bit rambly, i just came to think about it when i saw something about Serbia in the news and i wanted to share. I know Serbs like dark humor (atleast according to my friend) so i tought that some of you might like this little story about those poor PoWs thinking even the occupied locals tried to poison them. I hope i have not offended anyone, that is not my intention and i will remove this post if am requested to do so. I have also added some links, unfortunatly most are in norwegian but if there is interest i could try to gather more in english. via /r/serbia https://ift.tt/o3XAYpd

https://ift.tt/mZ7UGzb via /r/plants https://ift.tt/lCiu60r

https://ift.tt/WPj2Aco via /r/NatureIsFuckingLit https://ift.tt/kBDWZ2h

https://ift.tt/lR0yYPi via /r/funny https://ift.tt/5zEep8B

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SJJTgoqMjII&feature=share via /r/HistoryofIdeas https://ift.tt/Dvc5VTB

https://ift.tt/t9h08iS via /r/vegetarian https://ift.tt/hBASRre

https://ift.tt/h6cWnVd via /r/OldSchoolCool https://ift.tt/SaN7VEG

https://ift.tt/FTzXKjN via /r/canada https://ift.tt/euDaMY8

https://ift.tt/3TCrUVW via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/F83QdKO

https://ift.tt/ARGyQX2 via /r/plants https://ift.tt/zcNxHYq

https://ift.tt/bGKHh9J via /r/Art https://ift.tt/ulLsUA4

https://ift.tt/h6cWnVd via /r/OldSchoolCool https://ift.tt/SaN7VEG

https://ift.tt/FTzXKjN via /r/canada https://ift.tt/euDaMY8

https://ift.tt/3TCrUVW via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/F83QdKO

https://ift.tt/ARGyQX2 via /r/plants https://ift.tt/zcNxHYq

https://ift.tt/IupFRtV via /r/OldSchoolCool https://ift.tt/JCxzfRp

So I run a YouTube channel called Metro6 that looks at the history of transit in Toronto and I thought I would share some interesting things I have learned over my time doing it. Most people are aware of things like Lower Bay, Lower Queen, the roughed in Etobicoke RT platform at Kipling etc. so I wont touch on those.Line 1When planning the original section of the subway (Eglinton – Union) the open air section of the line was originally planned to extend all the way to Wellesley Station (Bloor and Wellesley themselves would likely have still been underground though). This part of the line was buried entirely to reduce property acquisitions and ease fears about property values.The northern extension of the line from Eglinton was originally planned to go to Steeles and included stations at Glencairn Avenue (or Blythwood Road) and Glen Echo Road. These stations would be cut as a cost saving measure. The extension to Steeles was cut as the TTC felt that neither Vaughan or Markham had adequate water/sewer infrastructure to handle the development that would follow at the time.York Mills Station was originally planned to be built elevated above the Don Valley, with the line crossing the valley at first on a short bridge, but this was later changed to a high level viaduct. Local opposition fearing loss of property values forced the TTC to put this section of the line underground and York Mills Station under the Don River. This as you guessed increased the cost and complexity of the project. 5 people would also die building York Mills Station.The segment of the line between St.Clair and Summerhill used to be exposed. It was decked over however in the 70’s. You can still tell that the area was once open if you look out the window and notice how your in a tunnel but it looks nothing like the rest of the network.There were many people who pushed for the Spadina Extension of the line to be built under either Bathurst Street or Dufferin Street.After the Spadina Expressway was cancelled, the subway extension wasn’t immediately impacted as it was still planned to run in the open to St.Clair West Station. Due to local opposition however this section of the line between St.Clair West and Eglinton West was buried. As a result a proposed station at Glen Cedar Road was cut.Spadina Station was originally supposed to be called Lowther and wasn’t supposed to have a connection to its Line 2 counter part. The long corridor connecting the two Spadina’s was tact on later in planning.The TTC looked at giving Downsview Station an east-west alignment to make an easier transfer and possible interlining with the proposed Sheppard Subway. This however never occurred as the subway would have needed to pass under Downsview Airport which was still an Air force base at the time. The RCAF would veto this alignment as it passed to close to a munitions facility and so Downsview (now Sheppard West) was given its current North-South alignment.Line 2Line 2 was originally planned to be built in 2 phases. Phase 1 was to run from St.George to Greenwood, while phase 2 would see the line extended at both ends to Woodbine and Keele. The Province would pitch in money to get these extensions built as part of Phase 1. They would pitch in even more money later to extend the line to Warden and Islington.Islington and Royal York weren’t part of the original extension plan. At first stations were planned for Prince Edward Drive and Montgomery Road to book end the Kingsway Shopping District. The TTC would revise this plan though and move these stations to there current locations at Royal York and Islington as these roads were far more important.Both Keele and Woodbine have closed off areas that used to lead to now long gone Streetcar Loops. In the case of Keele there are abandoned moving walkways that would have taken passengers from the platforms to the streetcar loop. At Woodbine there is an abandoned hallway that would have done the same; it is now a storage area.Donlands Station was underpinned as part of its construction. The TTC had believed and had early plans for the Downtown Relief Line to connect here. Pape Station would eventually become the preferred choice for an interchange with the DRL, it however was never underpinned.The line crosses the Rosedale Ravine between Castle Frank and Sherbourne. The bridge it crosses used to have skylights to let natural light in.The TTC would have liked for the extension to Kennedy to have been built at-grade, however local opposition and the many rail spurs from the CN GECO subdivision forced the TTC to put this extension underground. While this is speculation on my part, I do wonder if there would have been a station built at Birchmount had this extension been built at grade.Early in planning Spadina Station was to be called Walmer, Christie was to be called Willowvale, and Dundas West was to be called Vincent.Line 3You can still see the original streetcar platform under the modern one at Kennedy Station.Kennedy Station used to have 2 tracks and the RT would go around the loop. (This one is a more commonly known thing but I thought I would include it anyway).Line 4Sheppard Station was constructed with a roughed in centre platform if ridership ever got high enough at the station to need trains opening doors on both sides.The Sheppard Line crosses a branch of the Don River immediately east of Leslie Station although you don’t get to see this as the bridge is completely enclosed (https://ift.tt/fyMYXbH). via /r/toronto https://ift.tt/rkX6h7p

Random Toronto Subway facts

March 20, 2022 No comments Article

So I run a YouTube channel called Metro6 that looks at the history of transit in Toronto and I thought I would share some interesting things I have learned over my time doing it. Most people are aware of things like Lower Bay, Lower Queen, the roughed in Etobicoke RT platform at Kipling etc. so

Read More

https://ift.tt/d5NREwl via /r/OldSchoolCool https://ift.tt/Vjc3B06

https://ift.tt/N2XPoI1 via /r/houseplants https://ift.tt/MjC1nHK

https://ift.tt/HxiKPDd via /r/mildlyinteresting https://ift.tt/NBs0l7a

https://ift.tt/mhIi3O2 via /r/aww https://ift.tt/ia7jxkQ

https://ift.tt/k7gXeFz via /r/funny https://ift.tt/NLf2Pj4

https://ift.tt/ZgzlkBa via /r/ontario https://ift.tt/XFKcrPJ

https://ift.tt/mxnZh8D via /r/funny https://ift.tt/1Hb8ugw

https://ift.tt/HeTwG15 via /r/Damnthatsinteresting https://ift.tt/MHyDkAZ

https://ift.tt/e3Om9i2 via /r/Art https://ift.tt/SLO1Uzd

https://ift.tt/k7gXeFz via /r/funny https://ift.tt/NLf2Pj4

https://ift.tt/ZgzlkBa via /r/ontario https://ift.tt/XFKcrPJ

https://ift.tt/mxnZh8D via /r/funny https://ift.tt/1Hb8ugw

https://ift.tt/HeTwG15 via /r/Damnthatsinteresting https://ift.tt/MHyDkAZ

https://ift.tt/mkUJDcQ via /r/CanadaPolitics https://ift.tt/J98KeOE

https://ift.tt/hv97mPz via /r/OldSchoolCool https://ift.tt/5S7aebx

No text found via /r/quotes https://ift.tt/d7izOmy

https://ift.tt/kypS7X4 via /r/Damnthatsinteresting https://ift.tt/8knZmpr

No text found via /r/quotes https://ift.tt/K9rbRYq

https://ift.tt/1gPZyBu via /r/CemeteryPorn https://ift.tt/gJXaBGU

https://ift.tt/hv97mPz via /r/OldSchoolCool https://ift.tt/5S7aebx

No text found via /r/quotes https://ift.tt/d7izOmy

https://ift.tt/kypS7X4 via /r/Damnthatsinteresting https://ift.tt/8knZmpr

No text found via /r/quotes https://ift.tt/K9rbRYq

No text found via /r/Showerthoughts https://ift.tt/RPIrCOX

https://ift.tt/mkUJDcQ via /r/CanadaPolitics https://ift.tt/J98KeOE

https://ift.tt/JaVMXtf via /r/DesignPorn https://ift.tt/Z3e1JQ0

https://ift.tt/LhHNI3z via /r/houseplants https://ift.tt/w4XKx8c

https://ift.tt/NjUwLH7 via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/cipOJdu

https://ift.tt/Cy2gx9e via /r/toronto https://ift.tt/geJh9qX

https://ift.tt/oQpAn2M via /r/pics https://ift.tt/kMFAeTr

https://ift.tt/JwvfxHL via /r/gifs https://ift.tt/bfZQqJS

https://ift.tt/46MjHeq via /r/CanadaCoronavirus https://ift.tt/BH71tiV

https://ift.tt/l2bnSze via /r/funny https://ift.tt/ePX6KQm

https://ift.tt/ZBy9YSR via /r/TheWayWeWere https://ift.tt/PzliIWG

https://youtu.be/lk3rHOLnVbc via /r/ontario https://ift.tt/cdftjbs

https://ift.tt/lWb9Skc via /r/mildlyinteresting https://ift.tt/jLp0nqH

https://ift.tt/oMSHVyx via /r/OldSchoolCool https://ift.tt/F3jXmQu

https://ift.tt/fA62uFY via /r/ArchitecturePorn https://ift.tt/sJTLGkt

https://ift.tt/RZXkHMP via /r/houseplants https://ift.tt/KMknPrz

https://ift.tt/WU4cTDY via /r/funny https://ift.tt/6m8H4yC

No text found via /r/AskReddit https://ift.tt/PQlc4KS

https://ift.tt/VQbHDwT via /r/woodworking https://ift.tt/E4Pfmbv

So this is my experience with the partial privatization of surgical healthcare in Quebec (french translation at the end)Due to the collapse of our hospital systems and exploding surgical wait lists, the government of Quebec created a program to utilize private surgical centres to provide publicly insured surgeries (CMS: Centre médical spécialisé).https://ift.tt/NJMisCk existing private surgical clinics (generally plastic surgery) were given contracts to provide access to perform public surgeries. The clinics would provide the physical space, the personnel (excluding surgeon/anaesthetist), the equipment and the medications. The health authorities organize the patients, surgeons, anesthesiologists and then schedule them in the clinics.The surgeries being performed are generally shorter, minor surgeries and the patient population are generally healthy to avoid risk of complications. We are talking breast reductions, hernia repairs, minor hand surgery, ect. These are cases that we would classify as priority D, or E on an A through E scale. Right now the waitlist for an E surgery may be 2-3 years!So this sounds good right? People who would be waiting 2-3 years get their surgery faster, for free!But wait!1) Why are there wait lists. The system has been underfunded for years. In the Gatineau area the region has been funded at 75% the Quebec average for healthcare for decades! Then add on the Liberal/Gaetan Barette years where we were attached left and right and tons of nurses and other professionals left the profession. At the same time the number of students entering the profession dropped like crazy (local school has less than 50% capacity nursing students and less than 30% respiratory therapy students. So we got into the Pandemic with both a shortage of people in the system AND a shortage of students in training.Then with the pandemic we were Fck’d. There were no plans (government told us in JANUARY 2020 when we were asking for planning help that pandemic preparations were “not a priority”). We had no isolation hospital plans, infected elderly were sent back to retirement homes if they were not ICU candidates. These homes had no training, no PPE, no plans and we know what the results were. Nurses and personnel were re-affected to short staffed areas (ICU, Covid units, emergency) for months to years and many of them quite because THEY DID NOT WANT TO WORK THERE.So now we get to the CMS. These private surgical clinics now have contracts to perform public surgeries. That means they need to increase activities. That means they need MORE nurses, respiratory therapists, orderlies, sterilization teams, ect. Where will they get them? FROM THE PUBLIC SYSTEM! Sure there are contracts where they are not allowed to hire someone from the public system for 3-6 months but they get around this.10-20% of our hospital staff were retired people working a couple extra days per week as extra spending money. They got no benefits, no pension top-ups and always got the crappy rooms. So what did they do? Stopped offering availability to the hospital and moved to the CMS where they are paid more.What about all those nurses who were reaffected to crappy areas like ICU, ER, Covid units? They quite and 3 months later joined the CMS for more money, no nights, no weekends.What about our operating rooms that are short staffed (some are at 30% staffing!!!!). They are working TONS of nights and 1 weekend in 2! Well they quit and go work in the CMS or the private sector.So now we have CMS doing low priority hernia repairs and the wait lists have dropped to sometimes 1 month from time of initial visit with surgeon to being scheduled. In some cases we LACK cases for the CMS and the day ends at 1 pm instead of 3:30 because we lack cases. What effiency!At the same time category B and C cases including breast cancer and brain cancer cases are waiting MONTHS due to lack of hospital operating room time or ICU capacity.So we starved the public system which stimulated passing work the private system which has WORSENED the access of critical surgeries in the public system!We are loosing medical teams to the private system. I know of anesthesiologists who have left to do only private.This is the reality.Instead SUPPORT the public system. INCREASE nursing, radiology technician, respiratory therapy, ect training spots. INCREASE surgical and anaesthesia residency spots. Offer $10k/year interest free loans to these student/residents during training that are paid back 10k/year for each year they return of service in the public system in the province they were trained. If they DO NOT return of service convert the interest free loans to regular student loans at a higher interest rate.SUPPORT PUBLIC AND AVOID PRIVATE.This has been my TED talk.Voici mon expérience avec la privatisation partielle des soins chirurgicaux au Québec.En raison de l’effondrement de nos systèmes hospitaliers et de l’explosion des listes d’attente en chirurgie, le gouvernement du Québec a créé un programme d’utilisation des centres chirurgicaux privés pour fournir des chirurgies assurées publiquement (CMS : Centre médical spécialisé).https://ift.tt/WTOk96S, les cliniques chirurgicales privées existantes (généralement la chirurgie plastique) ont reçu des contrats pour permettre l’accès à la pratique de chirurgies publiques. Les cliniques fourniraient l’espace physique, le personnel (excluant le chirurgien/anesthésiste), l’équipement et les médicaments. Les autorités public (CISSS) organisent les patients, chirurgiens, anesthésistes puis les programment dans ces cliniques.Les chirurgies pratiquées sont généralement plus courtes, des chirurgies mineures et la population de patients est généralement en bonne santé pour éviter les risques de complications. Nous parlons de réductions mammaires, de réparations de hernies, de chirurgies mineures de la main, etc. Ce sont des cas que nous classerions en priorité D ou E sur une échelle de A à E. À l’heure actuelle, la liste d’attente pour une chirurgie E peut être de 2 à 3 ans!Alors ça sonne bien non? Les personnes qui attendraient 2-3 ans obtiendraient leur chirurgie plus rapidement, gratuitement!Mais attendez!1) Pourquoi y a-t-il des listes d’attente. Le système est sous-financé depuis des années. Dans la région de Gatineau, la région est financée à 75 % de la moyenne québécoise pour les soins de santé depuis des décennies ! Ajoutez ensuite les années Libéral/Gaétan Barette où nous étions attachés à gauche et à droite et où des tonnes d’infirmières et d’autres professionnels ont quitté la profession. Dans le même temps, le nombre d’étudiants entrant dans la profession a chuté comme un fou (l’école locale compte capacité moins de 50 % d’étudiants en soins infirmiers et moins de 30 % d’étudiants en inhalothérapie. Nous sommes donc entrés dans la pandémie avec à la fois une pénurie de personnes dans le système ET une pénurie d’étudiants en formation.Puis avec la pandémie, nous étions Fck’d. Il n’y avait aucun plan (le gouvernement nous a dit en JANVIER 2020, lorsque nous demandions une aide à la planification, que les préparatifs en cas de pandémie n’étaient “pas une priorité”!!!!!!). Nous n’avions pas de plans d’hôpital d’isolement, les personnes âgées infectées étaient renvoyées dans des maisons de retraite si elles n’étaient pas candidates aux soins intensifs. Ces maisons n’avaient aucune formation, aucun EPI, aucun plan et nous connaissons les résultats. Les infirmières et le personnel ont été réaffectés dans des zones à personnel réduit (unités de soins intensifs, unités Covid, urgence) pendant des mois, voire des années, et beaucoup d’entre eux tout simplement demissioné parce qu’ILS NE VOULAIENT PAS Y TRAVAILLER LA.Alors maintenant, nous arrivons au CMS. Ces cliniques chirurgicales privées ont maintenant des contrats pour effectuer des chirurgies publiques. Cela signifie qu’ils doivent augmenter leurs activités. Cela signifie qu’ils ont besoin de PLUS d’infirmières, d’inhalothérapeutes, de préposés aux bénéficiaires, d’équipes de stérilisation, etc. Où les obtiendront-ils ? DU SYSTÈME PUBLIC ! Bien sûr, il y a des contrats où ils ne sont pas autorisés à embaucher quelqu’un du système public pendant 3 à 6 mois, mais ils contournent cela.10 à 20 % de notre personnel hospitalier étaient des retraités qui travaillaient quelques jours supplémentaires par semaine pour avoir de l’argent supplémentaire. Ils n’ont reçu aucun avantage social, aucune pension complémentaire et ont toujours eu des chambres de merde. Alors qu’ont ils fait? Cesser d’offrir la disponibilité à l’hôpital et passer au CMS où ils sont mieux payés.Qu’en est-il de toutes ces infirmières qui ont été réaffectées dans des zones merdiques comme les soins intensifs, les urgences, les unités Covid ? Ils se sont demissioné et 3 mois plus tard ont rejoint le CMS pour plus d’argent, pas de nuits, pas de week-ends.Qu’en est-il de nos blocs opératoires qui manquent de personnel (certains sont à 30% de personnel su program (eg 60% absent maladie, maternité or posts vide!!!!). Ils travaillent des TONNES de nuits et 1 week-end sur 2 ! Eh bien, ils démissionnent et vont travailler dans le CMS ou le secteur privé.Alors maintenant, nous avons les CMS qui effectue des réparations de hernie de faible priorité et les listes d’attente sont tombées à parfois 1 mois entre le moment de la première visite avec le chirurgien et la date de chirugie en CMS. Dans certains cas on MANQUE de cas pour le CMS et la journée se termine à 13h au lieu de 15h30! Trés efface bien sur!Dans le même temps, les cas de catégories B et C, y compris les cas de cancer du sein et de cancer du cerveau, attendent des MOIS et des MOIS ou PLUS LONG en raison du manque de temps dans la salle d’opération de l’hôpital ou de la capacité des soins intensifs.Nous avons donc affamé le système public qui a stimulé le passage du travail au système privé qui a EMPIRE l’accès aux chirurgies critiques dans le système public!Nous perdons des équipes médicales au profit du système privé. Je connais des anesthésistes qui sont sortis pour faire uniquement du privé.C’est la réalité.SOUTENEZ plutôt le système public. AUGMENTER les places de formation en soins infirmiers, en radiologie, en inhalothérapie, etc. AUGMENTER les places de résidence en chirurgie et en anesthésie. Offrir des prêts sans intérêt de 10 000 $/an à ces étudiants/résidents pendant la formation qui sont remboursés 10 000/an pour chaque année de retour de service dans le système public de la province où ils ont été formés. S’ils NE RENDENT PAS le service, convertissez les prêts sans intérêt en prêts étudiants réguliers à un taux d’intérêt plus élevé.SOUTENIR LE PUBLIC ET ÉVITER LE PRIVÉ.Cela a été ma conférence TED. via /r/ontario https://ift.tt/Jzno3Dx

My Quebec experience with Privatization of Healthcare (why it is a bad idea)

March 16, 2022 No comments Article

So this is my experience with the partial privatization of surgical healthcare in Quebec (french translation at the end)Due to the collapse of our hospital systems and exploding surgical wait lists, the government of Quebec created a program to utilize private surgical centres to provide publicly insured surgeries (CMS: Centre médical spécialisé).https://ift.tt/NJMisCk existing private surgical

Read More

https://ift.tt/spfFPIG via /r/GetMotivated https://ift.tt/oBqOg1u

https://ift.tt/alMVR6B via /r/OldSchoolCool https://ift.tt/QpaXZBc
1 … 43 44 45 46 47 … 168