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frozenshock
07/19/18 3:09:13 PM
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/94-year-old-montreal-woman-waits-8-hours-for-ambulance-after-fall-1.4018859

This is fucking horrible.

A 94-year-old Montreal woman waited more than eight hours for paramedics to arrive after falling in her bathroom earlier this week.

Officials blame an unusually high number of calls on Monday 30 per cent more than usual -- for the delay. They also admit in hindsight that the womans call shouldve been treated as a higher priority.

Grace Piccione lost feeling in her legs while walking to the bathroom and fell. Her son-in-law was home at the time and immediately called 911.

That was at 8:45 a.m. The ambulance didnt arrive until 5:30 p.m.

Picciones daughter, Irene Piccione, said she called back four times asking when paramedics would show up. Each time, she says, she got the same answer: We dont know.

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Chicken
07/19/18 3:10:18 PM
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Next time use LifeAlert.
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Esrac
07/19/18 3:14:15 PM
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So, does this reflect badly on the Canadian healthcare system or just Quebec in general?
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frozenshock
07/19/18 3:15:39 PM
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Esrac posted...
So, does this reflect badly on the Canadian healthcare system or just Quebec in general?


Or on the way elderly people are treated in general
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LedZeppelin
07/19/18 3:15:56 PM
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this is why intelligent americans dont want socialized healthcare
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E32005
07/19/18 3:17:04 PM
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And then they charge her $5000? Lol

Poor lady
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FLUFFYGERM
07/19/18 3:17:26 PM
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@Bio1590

what's going on brother?
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MedzXVIII
07/19/18 3:19:28 PM
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Socialism works
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Dr_Agon
07/19/18 3:20:19 PM
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LOL, 1st world problems. Here in Africa, our next door neighbour was murdered and when my mom went to see if she could help the guy stabbed her 17 times in the neck. My sister flew over from Wales and arrived at the scene before the ambulance.
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averagejoel
07/19/18 3:21:55 PM
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MedzXVIII posted...
Socialism works

.............. what
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MedzXVIII
07/19/18 3:22:22 PM
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Dr_Agon posted...
LOL, 1st world problems. Here in Africa, our next door neighbour was murdered and when my mom went to see if she could help the guy stabbed her 17 times in the neck. My sister flew over from Wales and arrived at the scene before the ambulance.

Western civilization does not work...
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frozenshock
07/19/18 3:23:17 PM
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Dr_Agon posted...
LOL, 1st world problems. Here in Africa, our next door neighbour was murdered and when my mom went to see if she could help the guy stabbed her 17 times in the neck. My sister flew over from Wales and arrived at the scene before the ambulance.


Er... that, uh... sucks
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frozenshock
07/19/18 3:23:36 PM
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LedZeppelin posted...
this is why intelligent americans dont want socialized healthcare


This is more on 911 dispatchers than healthcare tho
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iPhone_7
07/19/18 3:24:03 PM
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Thanks Obama
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Reis
07/19/18 3:24:23 PM
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only in america
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kingdrake2
07/19/18 3:25:32 PM
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E32005 posted...
And then they charge her $5000? Lol

Poor lady


i only feel bad that she had to wait so long. when i had my seizure issue probably was within 15 minutes i ended up in the back of an ambulance (only part i can't remember is when the seizure happened). i just ended up waking up looking back at my house while on the stretcher wondering why i was on it.

supposedly being too dehydrated is a cause which most likely has happened (i didn't drink enough liquids).
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Jeff AKA Snoopy
07/19/18 3:25:55 PM
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frozenshock posted...
LedZeppelin posted...
this is why intelligent americans dont want socialized healthcare


This is more on 911 dispatchers than healthcare tho


Problem is, if you're about to send someone out and then you hear of a stabbing, or a shooting, or a massive car accident... you gotta send them there first, right?
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Payzmaykr
07/19/18 3:27:09 PM
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LedZeppelin posted...
this is why intelligent americans dont want socialized healthcare

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MedzXVIII
07/19/18 3:28:07 PM
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Thanks Justin Trudeau. The real issues is to mansplain to women why she is wrong to say mankind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z10goVbpLw0" data-time="

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mistalightbulb
07/19/18 3:28:49 PM
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If you use this as an argument against socialized medicine you're a fucking idiot
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MedzXVIII
07/19/18 3:30:25 PM
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E32005 posted...
And then they charge her $5000? Lol

Poor lady

Socialism works
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cjsdowg
07/19/18 3:37:52 PM
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EMTS refuses to pick up man in Ohio.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/us/cleveland-no-ambulance-trnd/index.html
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Butterfiles
07/19/18 3:43:33 PM
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what's really funny is when literal Americans wanna cherry pick examples of shitty healthcare from basically any other countries
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frozenshock
07/19/18 3:43:45 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
EMTS refuses to pick up man in Ohio.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/us/cleveland-no-ambulance-trnd/index.html


People need to get fired

Seriously, it's like we're turning into machines and just losing our humanity
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Rimmer_Dall
07/19/18 3:44:48 PM
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MedzXVIII posted...
E32005 posted...
And then they charge her $5000? Lol

Poor lady

Socialism works

The only people who think socialism works are people who think social democrats are the same thing as democratic socialists.
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Awesome
07/19/18 3:46:22 PM
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frozenshock posted...
cjsdowg posted...
EMTS refuses to pick up man in Ohio.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/us/cleveland-no-ambulance-trnd/index.html


People need to get fired

Seriously, it's like we're turning into machines and just losing our humanity


exactly.
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MedzXVIII
07/19/18 3:47:45 PM
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Officials say two paramedics are in serious condition after they were attacked and stabbed repeatedly while trying to help a woman on Detroits west side.


https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2015/10/20/two-ems-workers-attacked-stabbed-with-box-cutter-in-detroit-suspect-on-the-loose/
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ThePrinceFish
07/19/18 3:49:30 PM
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frozenshock posted...
cjsdowg posted...
EMTS refuses to pick up man in Ohio.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/us/cleveland-no-ambulance-trnd/index.html


People need to get fired

Seriously, it's like we're turning into machines and just losing our humanity

Protocol in EMS is above literally everything. You do not break protocol because you "thought it was the right thing to do this time". Whatever the protocol says, you do it. If protocol doesn't allow you to leave your jurisdiction to pick someone up, guess what, you're not going to risk your job.
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MedzXVIII
07/19/18 3:49:59 PM
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Awesome posted...
frozenshock posted...
cjsdowg posted...
EMTS refuses to pick up man in Ohio.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/us/cleveland-no-ambulance-trnd/index.html


People need to get fired

Seriously, it's like we're turning into machines and just losing our humanity


exactly.

People are trying to kill each other so fast EMS can not keep up...
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Jiek_Fafn
07/19/18 3:51:17 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
EMTS refuses to pick up man in Ohio.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/us/cleveland-no-ambulance-trnd/index.html


That article makes me angry. Not just because it happened but also such lazy journalism. No attempt to even explain anything. Not even "Cleveland EMS representatives could not be reached for comment." I might as well read a police blotter.
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kingdrake2
07/19/18 3:51:25 PM
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it could be for more than killing. maybe something happened (heat is a factor). could make people collapse.
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Bio1590
07/19/18 4:02:08 PM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
@Bio1590

what's going on brother?

Iirc ambulances are a city issue so this is on Montreal
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MedzXVIII
07/19/18 4:05:39 PM
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Rimmer_Dall
07/19/18 4:13:07 PM
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MedzXVIII posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvCdAuBBh0U" data-time="

I remember this screencap being passed around on twitter around that time.
D0DoXZp
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Bio1590
07/19/18 5:15:59 PM
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Rimmer_Dall posted...
MedzXVIII posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvCdAuBBh0U" data-time="

I remember this screencap being passed around on twitter around that time.
D0DoXZp

Which was never proven to have actually occurred anyways.

Like any claim of this.
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Eat More Beef
07/19/18 5:25:59 PM
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I work in a hospital in MTL. I'll tell you this. That fuck up is on the dispatcher. Ambos get top priority at the ER, so she never would have waited if she made it.

I mostly blame Dr. Porter and SNC Lavalin though, for stealing so much money they could finace a coup in a country.

Fuck these mother fuckers that steal money from those whose sworn path is to help people. I don't believe in hell, but if it exists, I hope there is a special level devoted to these dickheads.
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kingdrake2
07/19/18 8:18:37 PM
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Eat More Beef posted...
I work in a hospital in MTL. I'll tell you this. That fuck up is on the dispatcher. Ambos get top priority at the ER, so she never would have waited if she made it.

I mostly blame Dr. Porter and SNC Lavalin though, for stealing so much money they could finace a coup in a country.

Fuck these mother fuckers that steal money from those whose sworn path is to help people. I don't believe in hell, but if it exists, I hope there is a special level devoted to these dickheads.


that's right. we're all very angry those bastards are the worst people we ever known. not as much as trump though he's the worst one of em all.
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frozenshock
07/19/18 8:19:50 PM
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They aren't as bad as Dr. Cameron though

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Ewen_Cameron
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