My 10 Year Old Daughter
From: Greg
Time: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:00 AM
To: mmflint@aol.com
Subject: Great Canadian Healthcare Story
Hello Michael,
Share this one with the skeptics.
In a small city just north of Toronto - Midland, Ontario.
It was back to school morning my 10 year old daughter was excited and racing around the house (which was being renovated) and she got a big 4” long sliver in the bottom of her foot.
It was 8:30 in the morning – I got her to our emergency department at about 8:45 – we did not wait one minute but went straight into the ER and were immediately seen by nurse who consulted and then brought a doctor over (less than 5 minutes from when we came through the front door).
He froze her foot and got the sliver out and bandaged her up quite nicely – they let her stay until her foot was comfortable to walk on.
I had her in his class before 10am and she had a great first day of school despite how it began.
This is really a small example of how well the system works but it does work.
I have attached a radio clip that my daughter did for the hospital just recently as part of the good new stories they are sharing with the community.
Don’t give up the good fight.
Greg
Midland, Ontario
