Here is a shocking and heartbreaking story.
http://cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090626/090626_BABY_PASSPORTS/20090626/?hub=CP24Home
A baby was born 14 weeks premature in Canada. A province-wide search for a neonatal intensive care unit bed came up empty.
The partents made the tough decision to send their baby to Buffalo where care was available... even though they couldn't cross the border themselves because they lacked passports.
Government health care means rationed healthcare. Is this what we want for the US too? Where will our premature babies go when we start rationing healthcare?
My heart breaks for this family. They are in a touch position but at least their baby has a chance at life.
Their government just doesn't care enough.
So much for a better system up north.
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Well, at least the baby will receive care and the parents will be able to join her soon, maybe by tomorrow, thanks to the Canadian government officials who are helping them get emergency passports. Hopefully this story will end up with a happy ending. But I wouldn't be so quick to judge that this is "rationalized" healthcare. Or that the Canadian government doesn't care. What the article doesn't say is what kind of care the newborn needed. Apparently she couldn't get the kind of care she needed at her local hospital. Maybe she needed a level 3 NICU as opposed to a level 1 or 2. Who knows. It's good to know that there were options available to her, even though it meant going across the US border.
June 28, 2009 - 10:19pmThis Comment