She lay 5 days on stretcher in ER

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She lay 5 days on stretcher in ER

Mark Degasperis was furious his mother spent five days on a stretcher at Toronto Western Hospital waiting for a room with 25 patients ahead of her -- until the Toronto Sun made a call and she was suddenly moved to a room yesterday.

"They were giving us the same old song and dance why she was in the emergency department with only a sheet draped around her. I couldn't even call her because she didn't have a phone," Degasperis of Georgetown said.

Heather Degasperis, 60, has a dangerous bacterial condition and was sent by her doctor to Toronto Western because it has the experts for her condition.

"She is not well and wasn't able to sleep and she wasn't getting any better. She needed peace and quiet to sleep.

"This is a terrible environment. I suggested taking her to another hospital, but we were told there are long waits across the region and the doctors we need are here. So there was nothing we could do," Degasperis said yesterday.

http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/05/23/5646336-sun.html

[Chris_]

This is the kind of medical care that Hitlery wants for us.   

[Lord Undies]

Mr. Degasperis can bitch and gripe all he wants, but no one will get a bill when it's over.  Canada (and liberals in the USA) promisr free medical care.  No one said anything about good medical care or pleasant conditions. 

Do you want it free or do you want it good?

[Chris_]

Mr. Degasperis can bitch and gripe all he wants, but no one will get a bill when it's over.  Canada (and liberals in the USA) promisr free medical care.  No one said anything about good medical care or pleasant conditions. 

Do you want it free or do you want it good?

As we say in my office..."You may have it good, fast or cheap.  Pick any two.  Good & fast ain't cheap.  Fast & cheap ain't good.  Good & cheap ain't fast."