BC woman says she can’t get transplant because of cost to stay in Vancouver for post-op care
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มี.ค. 2024
- A B.C. woman says she can’t access the life-saving transplant she needs because she can’t prove she has enough money in her bank account, and cannot afford to uproot her life to Vancouver for post-operative care.
“I don’t have enough money to save my life. In B.C., in Canada,” Christina Derksen-Unrau said.
The Princeton, B.C., resident suffers from asthma, emphysema and lung cancer, and a lung transplant is her “last option” to survive.
In December 2022, Derksen-Unrau was told she was a candidate for transplant, but the approval came with a catch.
Global's Aaron McArthur reports.
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They've centralized all major care in Vancouver but made no effort to accommodate patients from the rest of the province.
They're too busy accommodating the migrants
This lady needs a place to stay for 6 months my family will put you up free of charge. Let's get this done for her.
You are definitely a GIFT from GOD. And that's exactly what A Godly Person would do in time of need. I would do the same for her. We have to show the love of God. And our government does not have that at all. They think they are GOD, But wait until JUDGEMENT DAY COMES, then we will see who's the Judge.
Thank you for being humane! You are my hero! You are a light in the darkness! ❤👏👍
Well, let’s see if this actually happens!
Don't know you but I'm proud of you.
You are an incredible human being! We love you and your open warm heart!
Maybe BC should stop giving free drugs to keep drug addicts as addicts and distribute those Canadian tax money into health care.
Canadian healthcare is like charities such as unicef; 10 cents from every dollar goes to the cause, 90 cents goes to "admin" 🙄
there's a lot of people making money off the addicts so I don't see that ending soon.. keeping the drug crisis in flow is a job for some people, all under the pretence of doing what's best..fancy name for the pushers being " harm reduction" specialists.
@@dabbingdeath think you are wrong. The reports I have read suggest that the reason healthcare in Canada costs so much less than healthcare in USA is because so much less of our healthcare dollar goes to admin, as well as none going towards profit.
Yes, the cost of living and our health care is in turmoil. I can't even get a simple pap test without a referral.
She should be kept at the hospital for at least 1 - 2 months after surgery for monitoring.
Clearly someone having a double lung transplant will be kept in hospital for a significant amount of time following the surgery, that's a given. This situation pertains to the follow-up for 3-6 months following discharge from hospital, for ongoing aftercare and monitoring.
They'll probably start adding up and say it costs too much to stay in hospital for that long so that's a no no and leave you own your own.
get real, they dont even keep you a full day after giving birth, since 1995, they make a woman sign a paper that she agrees to go home as soon as the baby is born and assessed. open heart surgery, you get to stay up to 3 days. hystorectomy, unlike Princess Kate who stayed 2 weeks, in Canada, 2 or 3 days max. its criminal.
So this is what living in Canada is like now😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Unless you’re a convicted criminal in prison. Then the taxpayer would be on the hook for the bill.
@@RH-km2duas a tax payer, I don't mind being on the hook for this kind of bill. We need to have our priorities straight.
You're lucky if you even HAVE a doctor...2 million people in b.c. don't, and can get even the most basic of care.
After a lifetime of paying taxes, this lady is denied the rightful care that we pay taxes for. Meanwhile, our provincial govt. always ensures that the hospitals that cater to birth tourism for Chinese folks are always well staffed and no Chinese will go without a proper delivery and a Canadian citizenship.
Heartbreaking.
I dont have money to fly to Vancouver for more skin cancer surgery. The stay at hotel, the flight there and back, and then money for the second trip to follow up, is beyond my means. I did it once before and, the total cost was 8 thousand dollars. I dont have that to get surgery so my skin cancer is growing and will continue to. Thanks BC, Thank you Trudeau.
I’m so sorry. My prayers & strength to you. 🕊️🦁
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@Rocksteady246 whataboutism
@Rocksteady246Get a life! It is not the point here.
Did you know Canada has committed $8 Billion for ammo for the Ukraine? Priorities?
You want the government to make housing free?
That's how the DEVIL 😈 SATAN works. NASTY 😝 But His time will come.
Ukrainians are taking the rise; we aren't. The Ukrainians are standing up for our freedom right now.
Not to mention those stupid EV plants to the tune of billions...
I also need a transplant and have been taken off the transplant list despite having been cleared by surgeons and nephrologists (kidney transplant). Despite these things, not only have they failed to activate me on the transplant list, they have also given me underhanded comments while in communication with them implying that my disease is my fault (I have lupus nephritis, a genetic disease) despite me being a 30 year old athlete who is medication and treatment compliant (I never miss appointments or treatments).
I have gone through the training to do home hemodialysis essentially taking over the work that other healthcare workers would be doing and ostensibly lightening the load that the system takes.
I do 26-30 hours of dialysis a week at home, more than double the amount of dialysis that the average kidney patient does. According to the doctors this is a good thing that should make the transplant easier/more likely to succeed.
Again, despite going above and beyond (to the point that I provide my own medical care), I am still not on the transplant list and have not been told why. The only thing BC transplant has done for me is tell me that I don't deserve to live.
Did you complain to the government?
Is there an appeals process? Medical neglect and faulty medical decisions are never ending. My sympathies.
I cant affort eye surgery in Vancouver.
Will go blind.
What kind of eye surgery? It is free under our system in Québec!
Well,....the surgery itself would be covered (3 yr battle with pharmacare), I cant affort accomodation in Vancouver. Thats the price you gotta pay for living in remote BC. Its your bankaccount that makes the difference
Hope Air a Charity will pay for medical flights,hotels, and even provide food vouchers ,,please check them out ,I have used them for years 😊
Thank Trudeau for making everything more expensive
Of course Global NEWS doesnt provide links to her gofundme
Shouldn't be to hard to track it down.
She says she doesn't want to raise more money. Maybe, she's given up. Lack of oxygen makes your brain not work terribly well.
I'm reminded of another case that needed a transplant like this, but was denied because she didn't want to risk taking the experimental injection which are known to cause clots and other possible health issues.
Sad.
I hope this woman gets the help she needs.
Just want to respond and clarify why this is not the same at all. The Alberta woman who passed away after trying to force the AB transplant agency to list her despite not taking the vaccination - is a sad case and she had my sympathies. But what you need to understand a couple things:
A. Organs are extremely scarce resources - too many patients not enough donors;
B. As such there are strict rules about who does and does not qualify for a transplant;
C. Those rules revolve around one central premise - who is going to best care for this scarce gift and protect it;
D. This is why active alcoholics, morbidly obese and smokers do not get put on the list until they quit first / lose weight. Sometimes they have to show they can be healthy for at least 6 months (sometimes longer) to prove they won't be damaging this scarce organ with their lifestyle;
E. Before the Covid vaccines were made available - mortality for transplant patients from Covid 19 was approximately between 40-50% !!!!
F. The reason is that we (yes, we, I am a kidney recipient myself) take immuno-suppressant drugs which while keeping our bodies immune system from attacking our transplanted organs - leave us with seriously compromised immune systems;
G. The risk of "clotting" from getting Covid with no immunity for health compromised persons is about 10x what it was from the vaccines;
H. With multiple vaccinations the risk of death is now down to 10% for transplant patients(kidney and lung are highest risk);
I. That poor woman didn't trust Big Pharma and their (as you put it) 'experimental vaccines' but would have been required to take numerous daily medications to keep her transplant from failing;
J. Given the risk of severe damage or death from Covid was so much higher for her with no immunity on immuno-suppressants - how she could be given such a scarce organ over others who would be doing everything they could to protect it?
How do I know all this? Not only did I get a kidney in 2016 but I have been on isolation (Work from home) over 4 years due to severe risk from Covid. I have had multiple vaccines but even still Covid finally got me Christmas Eve. I was able to get the IV treatment Remsdevir (Big Pharma to the rescue) which likely saved me (only emergency treatment that still works for transplant patients).
However, after it was all said and done - Covid STILL did serious damage to my kidney. I went from 28% function down to 21%. At 15% its back on dialysis for me and the lower you go the faster the kidney fails (less tissue same workload).
Even with all my care and isolation and vaccines I still lost multiple years of freedom from the marathon meat grinder of dialysis. If not for my vaccinated partial immunity (vaccines only provide some protection for us - not like healthy people )- also due to our transplant meds, and Remsdevir I likely would have died.
In the end the risk she wanted to take with a scarce organ was arguably even higher than those who smoke, drink or are obese.
I am truly sympathetic to someone who was so fearful of 'Big Pharma' when she would have been reliant on them anyway for her transplant meds for the duration of any transplant. Very sad she passed away so needlessly.
@@jasonsheath3294 I myself am a liver transplant recipient 8 yrs ago 😊 and Agree with everything you said ,,I was very lucky and got a liver in 9 months after being put on list ,,spend 3 months in Vancouver,there are very strict health reasons why these precious organs are given out carefully ,,unfortunately we do not have a warehouse full of organs ,,I prey this women gets her organ soon 🙏🙏🙏. Organ Donation is so Important 😇😇😇
I myself am a liver transplant recipient from 2016 too.
I heard of this lady and I had the same thoughts ,, so sad indeed 😢Drugs save us everyday , “A ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”
God Bless so glad you are better , we are walking miracles ❤
@@cathyb3790 please listen to her testimony on the N.C.I. to best address all your statements.
Her hesitation is thoroughly explained. She had already gone through everything required, including all childhood vaccinations, etc. There is so much more to it than simply rejecting an experimental (yes, still unproven and experimental) injection.
If it was Dix wife this wouldn't be a story...tax payers are unlimited to the gov wants and needs. Step out of the matrix and see this country for what it really is...
Dix does nothing and neither does Bonnie Henry.
I think we have a problem in Canada - not just BC - with expecting too much from our public healthcare system. The reality, no matter where you live, is that there will NEVER be enough money to fund all healthcare costs for everyone. In some countries that do not have public healthcare plans, the population accepts that only the wealthiest people can afford the most expensive treatments. We all have seen the reports of former middleclass USA citizens who are homeless after becoming bankrupt due to medical costs.
In Canada and other countries with 'socialised' medical systems, many treatments and medicines are much cheaper than in places were only or mainly private medical care is available. Many people in Canada, including among my family and friends, have received medical treatment that would not have been affordable in a privately funded system. But sometimes treatment is not available, as in this woman's case, in the area in which you live. In that case, is it really expected that society as a whole is responsible for the costs of not only the medical treatments but also her living expenses? Some people will argue that it is, that since we pay into a publicly funded system, then ALL costs to save a life should be borne by all.
No one wants to put a price on life - but since more and more life-saving and life-prolonging procedures are discovered and perfected, and many of them cost thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars, at some point we have to admit that there is not enough money in the pot to cover all the expensive treatments for everyone. Instead of facing this, and having some kind of national (or provincial) public discussion about it, hopefully leading to some well thought out decisions about how we want to spend our public healthcare dollars, we will continue to have these heartbreaking and emotional stories about the people who can not get the treatments they feel entitled to receive. Is it fair that a person who lives in or very near to a large metropolitan area can get a lung transplant while a person who lives in a distant rural area can not? I do not have an answer, except that I would not trade my small town life for life in Vancouver or Calgary etc. even to prolong my life by several years.
I hope this woman either manages to access the treatment she needs, or to make peace with her shortened life expectancy.
It's gonna get worse doesn't matter whi come to power
We are no longer a rich country we used to be
Yes we are, the rich just hoard all the wealth because the Liberals&Conservatives steal from the working class to subsidize big business.
We are done as a country. Trudeau Sr. started it and Trudeau Jr. finished it.
So maddening for those of us that know history and never cared about things like weed and "dreamy hair" 🙄
Would I be wrong to say this is a BC problem to be laid at the feet of the BC NDP and Premier Eby who is under the dictates of the federal NDP and Mr. Singh? BC's medical system is broken and not for all.
This is ridiculous!!
No, this is criminal.
Im 19 years post double lung transplant and this is extremely sad. Im in Alberta and the transplant was done in Edmonton.
What is happening in Canada??
This is a absolute embarrassment. But Trudeau can spend millions to Ukraine and thousands of dollars in tropical vacations?
Simply put, we're in a population trap. We have allowed more immigrants and refugees into our country than our infrastructure and capital can support. Therefore, it is now impossible to maintain a basic standard of living for everyone without the average standard of living going down. It's similar to what happened in Japan and South Korea, except their problems are caused by refusing immigrants, while ours are caused by being too generous. Even if we stop all immigration tomorrow, it will be decades until our average standard of living starts to climb again.
WOW. You need to show proof of $$$$$$.
Show this to any suckers who talks about "free health care"
បើអ្នកគិតអញ្ចឹងហើយហេតុអ្វីបានជាអ្នកមិនបរិច្ចាគបេះដូងរបស់អ្នកឱ្យទៅស្រ្តីម្នាក់នេះ?
Free Healthcare but not free housing. Do you want free housing?
អាណាថាផ្ទះរស់នៅមិនហត់បង់ប្រាក់? តើក្នុងមួយជំនាន់ទៅមួយជំនាន់អាណាខ្លះដែលធ្វើការមិនបង់ពន្ធជូនរដ្ឋដើម្បីចិញ្ចឹមមនុស្សចាស់ៗហើយចិញ្ចឹមជនជាតិដើមហើយមនុស្សដែលធ្វើការមិនកើត? កូនៗរបស់អញម្នាក់ៗធ្វើការពីអាទិត្យបង់ពន្ធជូនរដ្ឋ២០០០ដុល្លារអញមិនដែលស្រែកមួយមាត់ផងហេតុអ្វីបានពួកឯងចូលចិត្តច្រណែនគេម្ល៉េះ?
@@Tha66First, it's not heart that is needed, it's lungs. Second, the transplant was awaiting for her. Third, can you say something on the topic of the video here? How do you know this woman didn't work? Forth, how are you so sure, you or your relatives in the same situation will have enough money to pay for something like that? And if they will, cudos to you. Don't judge and you will not be judged.
@@jgp7414How would you feel if it was your mother?
BC Healthcare IS BROKEN. Those who are able are going for cancer treatments in Washington state, meanwhile there's the BC Cancer Institute in Victoria, what's going on? AND as of January the so called WALK IN CLINICS have ceased. Anyone without a physician has to start calling at 8:30 a.m. when clinics open to see IF their call makes it into the queue in trying to get an appointment. GOOD FKG LUCK ! Meanwhile, DIX gave his speech in Surrey 2 weeks ago to fund a NEW HOSPITAL there. MEANWHILE there's NOT ENOUGH STAFF anywhere and these tyrants REFUSE to hire back those they 'fired' 2 years ago. CRIMINAL!!!!
All of Canada's healthcare is broken.
We should have had a system like the US had before obama, insurance if you made enough, medicare/medicade for those that didn't...
Are you seriously suggesting it is cheaper to get cancer treatments in Washington state than to travel to and from Vancouver? I have a friend in Washington who did not go for x-rays to check if their bone was broken because they could not afford the cost of an x-ray!
@lornamackay4069 The last time that I traveled to ohio, I bought health insurance before leaving, which cost me $35 bucks a month and covered me up to $1 mil. (No deductible)
It was better before obummer, though. I went to LA for a month and got sick. I saw a doctor, and they gave me a pregnancy test (I didn't know before leaving) all at no cost to me, no insurance needed.
@@dabbingdeath I doubt that your health insurance would cover the costs of going to US just to get a cancer treatment. Usually travel insurance covers accidental or emergency care, not care for prior conditions.
@@lornamackay4069 found on the government of canada website
Heading: travelling outside of canada to receive medical care
I will not list all of the points such as researching facilities, etc. as they are not pertinent, but this one is:
buy comprehensive health insurance that covers medical procedures in other countries
The insurance exists, it's not only for emergencies.
Does Ontario Health Care System different from Vancouver?
She could stay at a hostel, maybe she could get into a shared accommodative.
I'm not a politician...
I don't understand politics...
And that's why I voted for Tradeau cuz he know , talk and understand politics..... Big Mistake, Never again.
Way to go ya silly person …duh
He’s simply an actor and he fooled you. At least you’ve opened your eyes now
@@RH-km2du I'm glad you have opened your eyes to the Devil, because that's what is happening to all over the world, SATAN is everywhere
@@RH-km2duhe's certainly not acting good, some days he doesn't even look like himself. Take a close look at his appearance, body structure, face, body language, some days looks normal, next times looks like a puppet. Eventually people will catch on, and hopefully it's not too late.
The best research that you can do these days before voting is to find out who is wef affiliated, then avoid them LIKE THE PLAGUE.
The transplant team is doing its job. They cannot let a valuable organ to someone who is not prepared for the recovery of such a major surgery. It is one thing to say that they must have a guarantee that they patient will be able to survive by being close the hospital, for routine care, and another thing to say that they cannot get a transplant because they don't have the money. The transplant team, by being very forthcoming and transparent, is requiring the patient and the public to take the necessary measures to ensure that the surgery is a success. As a result, the minister can be contacted, as well as social services, in order to put in place a housing arrangement before the surgery is done -- as it should be. One cannot mess around with a recovery that is not well prepared, and if this patient does not have the capacity to stay close to the hospital, a solution to that problem must be found.
You keep using rhetoric to avoid the magic word "money". As someone who not only got worked up for a transplant in BC in 2006 but also was involved in lobbying the federal and provincial governments for financial supports for BC residents like this poor woman - I can tell youthis problem isn't new. She is being denied life saving treatment because she doesn't have the necessary money. Unless you already live or have family or friends on the Lower Mainland you are required to put up a massive amount of cash to qualify for a life saving procedure. This is just awful. There are many people like this woman who are too poor to do this. I was one of them. Fortunately I had family in Edmonton so I could leave my life behind in Kelowna and start over in Edmonton with the AB transplant program but for many people who live in many small and poorer communities across BC - their lives are not worth the cost to the BC Healthcare system.
@@jasonsheath3294Well said! 👏👍
@@jasonsheath3294I'm absolutely not saying her life is not worth saving. On the contrary, I'm saying that the transplant team is bringing to light the need for a transplant patient to be well supported. Some of the support may need to be for things that are currently not covered by health insurance, and this creates a gap. Sometimes it can be filled by family, but sometimes not, which is the problem that needs to be addressed.
Fair enough. I was more bothered by some of the other sociopathic comments on this video and you got caught up in my venting - I am a transplant patient that was in her shoes 20 years ago - in Interior BC so I came out scrapping on behalf. Sincere apologies. Have a good day :)
free health care is long gone lol
It never was, we always paid up the butt in taxes for it. They called it "free" so that we couldn't complain about how terrible it is.
yup. the moment I lost my family doctor and was told 3 year waiting list, knowing it's a goal post mover, it's over. You are your own doctor now.
But the boomers get to keep theirs, and their entitled low interest homes / "investments" safe.
I don't believe there is any place in Canada that will cover a person's costs for accommodation for 3-6 months, that's just a reality. Obviously the transplant team has to have strict rules in place to ensure a recipient of a rare and precious gift of life will be compliant with aftercare, for obvious reasons. Perhaps this couple will need to sell their home and property to be able to afford this? Many people have to do this in such a situation, you gotta do what you gotta do to save your life.
In Kingston, Ontario, there is "Almost Home" for family members of childen in Kingston in hospital. In Toronto, there is Ronald Macdonald House for parents of children in hospital. It's a pity that there isn't a cheap place to stay after a transplant in Vancouver. Couldn't she stay in student residences more cheaply than in a hotel? Or a air bnb? I think she should try to raise funds in the community once more.
@@dinkster1729The Transplant team will give a list of places she can stay ,,I know I went thru it ,,they just want to make sure she is able to stay in Vancouver to get the post care she needs . She already has over $20,000 so that is a Great start ,,I prey she gets her lungs soon 🙏😇
We might need to re-direct those healthcare funds to affordable rental housing based on 3 year rental agreement for all citizens
people are being played like pawns.. who's going to help?
My ex husband is going thru the exact same. He’s been waiting on a kidney transplant
Why should she have to pay for post op care? Don't they have OHIP in BC? BCHIP?
She doesn't have to pay for post op care. She needs to prove that she can be avavilable for post op care, she needs to live near the facilities that will care for her as they are investing a lot into the transplant that could go to another person.
Jail works just walk into a bank with a note wait for the cops they have a legal duty of care when your in custody.... loop hole
What about Airbnb short term rentals that could work
Didn't the government just ban them?
@@shauncameron8390depending on where you live, you would have to do your own research online
But she's still have to pay, either for Airbnb or hotel room and for the day, it's expensive.
But if she wanted to reassign her gender the government would pay her bills including flights and hotels.
I wish her all the best … hope you get a transplant life second chance
God bless you.
Not unfair at all. She could leverage her problem into we pay for apartment in canadas most expensive city. Hey, she could move to Winnipeg?
You clearly don't understand how the transplant list works. If she changed provinces she moves to a whole new transplant wait list at the bottom -IF they even let her on their list. Provincial transplant agencies carefully guard against patients swapping orovinces to parachute on to their lists fir a faster chance at transplant. Scarcity of available donors means this happens all the time. How do I know? Because I was one of those patients that moved from BC to Alberta and the AB transplant agency put me through a lot of screening before finally approving me after several years. But I went to the bottom of their list. And for those waiting for organs more time waiting equals higher risk of death especially for lung patients.
@@jasonsheath3294you're expecting someone named studly hungwell to know something. 😬
@@dabbingdeath LOL - fair point :)
Highly discriminating!
Welcome to capitalism, you either have money or you don't and thus don't get the privileges that come with money.
Not discrimination at all.
It's simple rent a place and don't pay the rent!
That's discrimination by the doctor, I would consider going legal route.
All doctors would tell her the same thing. She has to be monitored. Get it?
@@DonnellOkafor-pd7yn
Discrimination based on factors such as class or income is explicitly prohibited under Canadian human rights legislation, including in the provision of healthcare services. Therefore, it is not legally permissible for doctors or any healthcare providers in Canada to discriminate against patients based on these factors.
The hospital or the doctors aren’t asking her if she has the money but rather telling her that she needs to be monitored for aftercare & will have to be able to accommodate that fact. Sad to say, since there are many people waiting on a transplant list - but they do have to screen. They are telling her what she needs & making sure that she is ready otherwise the transplant will be a wasted opportunity.Also I would like to mention that there are all kinds of organizations that would & could help her with living accommodations.I noticed she amassed over $22, 000!!!! Insult the transplant team, Adrian Dix, but I find this reasonable & normal in a transplant situation..Btw, noticed it said she has emphysema - so a former smoker (hopefully former)? Why didn’t she listen to the healthcare workers back then? when they warned her this would happen? Always gets to me - the people that have asthma but continue to smoke knowing how bad it is for thier lungs. I work in healthcare, but luckily for the public, I am not a doctor, because I think I would refuse to treat someone whose decision it was to ignore my important warnings & medical advice.
But we can spend millions for brian mulrooneis funeral.
And the health minister is a compliciant in murder
Disgusting!
Do not forget how much trudeau spends on his expenses and his ukrainian friends.
And canada dose not have a health fund for this.
Welcome to Trudeaus hell
Yes, when you vote Trudeau out this lady will be able to afford a place to stay in Vancouver 🙄
@@josephsmith594 Conservative policy will match immigration with available services. Quebec and other provinces are also demanding to take control of this immigration
@@josephsmith594 Soon there will no flood of people from India
@@alexg9727 Vancouver was really expensive 30 years ago too. Trudeau was about 15 years old then.
@@josephsmith594 That was damage caused by the first Trudeau. Price acceleration almost doubled under the current Trudeau. They both screwed this place up
Ah, universal healthcare in a nutshell, backlog after backlog after backog, and ya need dah money. So much for everyone is covered.
Welcome to Canada!
There’s nowhere else in the world that pays for your transportation and extras due to your health issues why would the taxpayers be accountable? We already are paying for healthcare we can’t even get access and people want their accommodations paid for?
Then they should supply treatment in more places for those who can't afford to stay in one of the most expensive cities in the country.
Let me explain something: someone on dialysis for example costs about 80-100K per year to treat at hospital. Many people live on diakysis 7 to 12 years or longer. A transplant costs about 50k-60k and the average life of a deceased donor kidney is about 15 years. For living donors its a much higher average. For a transplant to work properly those recipients have to be monitored extremely closely for the first 3-6 months depending on the organ but the cost of the initial surgery is often (like the obvious gains with kidneys) outpaced by the savings to the system. However in order for that to happen those patients need to have close treatment to make sure that "investment" to use your purely monetary perspective to work properly. If you are against this then what is the alternative? MAID for those with serious illness unless you have money? To go down that path is a dark road.
It's not true. There are such countries. And I would like to know, how would you talk if it was you or your family?
@@jasonsheath3294She won't need MAID; she could die at any time, right?
@@LilAngelPrincess95on who's dime?
This is not a political issue. This is. About the expectation we have for cost of treatment. If you choose to live in a place without medical care for your condition then should we expect to have tax dollars spent housing you? There are many conditions that can only be reasonably addressed in Vancouver. This government is well aware of these. The opening of BC Cancer Centres is one such condition. The expectation that the government will provide all services to all Communities is a non starter. That leaves the cost of temporary housing in Vancouver. A double lung transplant recipient requires nursing long after tje operation. They require specialist appointments on an ongoing basis.
The social worker, that is a community health position is confirming that tjis women can come to Vancouver and live there. There are charities that provide housing, there are other facilities that provide longterm or permanent support. The social worker would have provided these options. I feel for this woman. She has to chose to upset her life or she can choose to die sooner but at home. There is no magic bullet. As for politics. The BC United party sold off land purchased to build a new hospital in Surrey. The Federal Conservatives fought healthcare transfers to the Provinces. I don’t care how you choose to vote. Please do make that decision on facts not rhetoric.
This is horrible! Meanwhile we waste billions on Ukraine!!!!
You want Putin and Trump to run the show, do you?
Oh look what happens when you rely on housing for "investment and "passive" income" and to "deserve" the lifestyle you want.
Before i feel sorry for her id like to know if she spent her entire life partying and throwing caution to the wind.
Everybody has to deal with the consequences of life .
Ppl are choosing maid because they cant afford to live. I bet no migrants or refugees are in that situation
Boo Hoo. Another story about whiners who watn the taxpayers to pay for their entire life.
For medical treatment to she can live.
How would you talk if it was you or your family?
You mean get the medical care she's paid into her whole life?
@@elena2125 They aren't denying her treatment. They need to be sure she is AVAILABLE for all the aftercare she will need for years afterwards. Otherwise they should give the lungs to someone else who will.
@@LilAngelPrincess95 she is getting nmedical care. What she wants is her rent paid
Ive always hated how B.C is ran this just helps me hate that province even more.
SO your not paying for the medical, so what the problem
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