Thread by @AntibioticDoc

#AbElection note, personal.

Every doc I personally know (lots but not all obviously) think the Smith UCP will destroy Albertan healthcare.

The most “corporate” docs I know tend to be cardiologists and CV surgeons

…they organized an NDP fundraiser.
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I’m in a social media group with 1000s of AB doctors discussing exit plans if there’s a Smith UCP win.

It’s terrible to hold the bag for a failing system you can’t fix.
Being undermined, disrespected and maligned is stressful.

Salary isn’t the main topic:
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Being able to provide good care and a good life for your family in a respectful, stable environment is the focus.

So many other health care workers feel the same- even many historically conservative ones.

These people care about Alberta and their patients
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It feels like people are not really picking up what so many healthcare workers see if there is a Smith UCP win.
Doctors see and value the potential to have a rational, evidence based conversation with the NDP.

Say you get a tax break. That’s nice.
Say you get appendicitis.
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Or chest pain.
The local hospital is closed.
The ambulance takes 2hours.
The emergency room has 4 h of more urgent patients ahead of you.
The doc was flown in to cover and doesn’t know the system.
Your 89 year old grandma is awaiting hip surgery in a hallway for 4 days.
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You have an app instead of a family doctor. The teledoc can’t examine you so refers you to a specialist with a 13 month wait list.
Your lab results are delayed by 10 h to 9 days depending on private lab transit times.
These things?
One of many possible futures.
Choose wisely.

Adding;
I was criticized for a closed to followers thread so we are experimenting.
Opened Sunday morning.

Let’s see what kind of people (and bots) come in and how civil, rational and balanced they seem, ok?