How to waste an afternoon

[chickenfeet]

Some time ago I saw my doctor about a case of ear pain which turned out to be just wax build up. He said that if it recurred I should just drop in and see the nurse at the clinic. As the problem has recurred I did just that this afternoon. I was not entirely surprised that the nurse would not do anything without a doctor's order as. in my experience with the Ontario Health Care "System" the right hand rarely knows what the left hand is doing. I was surprised that in the circumstances I was still waiting two hours later. By that time i was pretty livid as we are talking about a process that takes two minutes.

Now I've worked in and around healthcare in this province long enough to know that it is run for the exclusive benefit of physicians and administrators and this was a prime example so I politely asked the receptionist to convey to nurse and doctor that I was not pleased as was of the opinion that two rabid chipmunks could run the place more efficiently. Then i left as I actually did have other things I needed to do.

People talk about how great the Canadian health care "system" is. It does provide good care but at an administrative level it is an absolutely sick joke.