Posted by Maxime on September 16, 2010, at 20:00:27
In reply to Re: oh canada! » Maxime, posted by Conundrum on September 16, 2010, at 8:06:55
> How do psych services operate in canada? Do you have to pay out of pocket at all. What makes them so bad? I will use this information so I can go comfort my Fox News loving family and tell them they were right about Health Care reform all along.
It's an awful system when it comes to psych services. We can use our health card to see psychiatrist because they are medical doctor. But you can wait up to a year to see one. That happened to me when I returned to Montreal from the States. I waited 10 months to see someone and what was his cure for me? "You should have an intimate relationship and you will feel better". Hello! Did I just wait 10 monthes to hear that????
Luckily I was able to find a psych who works out of his home. Thing is that he is 88 years old and I am scared he is going to die soon. Silly fear. but not out the realm of possibilities. In fact I have been trying to get in touch with him and he is not returning my calls or emails which is VERY unlike him. I hope he is okay.
Another thing about Quebec is that you are supposed to see the psychiatrist that is in your postal code. Someone once told me to find a pdoc that I like, and then move to that postal code! Can you imsgine telling a cardiac patient the same thing? It would be all over the papers. But we are just psych patients.
So that is just some of the problems with the system. And they are critical. I hope that they can do something to fix them, but there are not enough pdocs in Quebec to go around. Same with GP and specialised doctors. I think there are over 2 million people in Montreal who cannot get a GP. I am lucky, I am seeing the same one since 1991.
It's not a great system, we just have to deal with it. I think we put with a lot because we have no other choice. The system in England is similar. I don't know if they have long waits that we do to see specialists, or problems finding a GP
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