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Active medical sector collapse in the US?
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Two years ago I slipped on the ice and shattered my right leg. This was in one of Canada's biggest cities
It was almost eight hours before I was even seen at the hospital. After tests confirmed I had destroyed the ankle, I was very luckily placed for emergency surgery the next morning - at this point about 13-14 hours away
The hospital refused to let me stay anywhere. I was discharged and sent home to wait a handful of hours in immense pain before the surgery. When I say discharged however, I mean a nurse asked for my height, grabbed crutches that kinda fit (I learned later that the reason I struggled for two months with them was they were far too tall for me) and leaned them in a far corner out of reach then disappeared. I waited for almost 45 minutes before using my boot to hook the wheelchair nearby, drag it over, and drag myself to the crutches. The doctor's suggestion, when I pointed out I had no easy way of getting home, was to take public transport
In February. On an icy day I'd already broken a leg, with an exposed right foot and crutches too tall to get around on. I'd been able to scare up a ride, but I've never felt so fucking shocked at the state of our healthcare before