Fwd: My Story with AHS

Here is my story. I took am fighting this government hard on line to show others the problems.  Thank you All.

This preventative measure should have been in place before Danielle destroyed the health care system to make way for her rich friends private care facilities. UCP recently have cost Alberta tax payers $100,000 for my surgery when it could have been prevented with a timely colonoscopy for $300 or $400. So they spent  $97, 000 more because they do not have preventative measures in place for us.

My story below.

This government in 1992 to 2006 started to destroy our health care with the drunken Ralph Klein beginning to destroy while he was our Conservative Premier. He started pulling the regions apart and taking our rights to complain by stopping our payments to AHC giving government full control. Then put in to many chiefs in charge at high wages and when we complained he fired a CEO several times giving away our health care dollars in the millions for severance. This was done so the government had a buffer between them and the citizens for complaints. People blamed the boards and CEO not the Conservative GOVERNMENT . 

I have just had a tragic experience with our health care systems that due to Danielle Smiths changes with no infrastructure plan to help citizens get prevented measures while she is carving up our health care for privatization. This carving has cost the system more money than it should have because of the lack of preventative measures in place while they carve away.

After waited 1 and 1/2 years past my colonoscopy schedule time and with symptoms, I had to ask for help from a specialist doctor I see for other things. After his testing discovered I needed an emergency colonoscopy. Colonoscopy found 3 or 4 cm cancer in my transverse and ascending colon. After CT scan and surgery to remove more than 3/4 of my transverse and ascending colon, I was hospitalized for surgery with 2 surgeons and a whole team. Very expensive when the colonoscopy could have stopped this.

This shows how broken our government has left our hospitals in Alberta.

Then in the Medicine Hat hospital, I am having interesting time at the hospital. Our system is short staffed with nurses and doctors, our system is so broken. The only reason my care has been okay for 10 days is because they are using 20 or 25 -  3rd year student nurses from our college for a few weeks while I am here to finish their 3rd year.

I had an blockage in my surgical area after 4 days of jello and cranberry juice resulting in explosive vomiting and a tube being inserted in my nose to my stomach for healing. Interesting the evening staff at  hospital do not have a mop or any cleaning staff to clean-up  after these instances. So the staff use towels or what ever. 

 Cleaning staff left my room dirty for days on end. My neighbor has diarrhea and there was poop on my floor for days.

This is besides the nursing shortage and the broken down antiquated systems and machinery in the hallway. 

Since the 8th day I had been move out of my room 2 x to other rooms to make room for patients from other departments.

I am now in a closet with no facilities and a bathroom down the hall unbelievable - 😳 after having a stomach surgery so invasive. 

Good thing I am asking to go home tomorrow 🙃.

It seems the better you do the more vulnerable you are to the broken system. 

The government has been using this floor for drug addicted street people instead of the psych ward as the socialworker would not take any medical patients. 

 Crazies running rampant into halls trying to escape screaming all night. Poor nurses. This is suppose to be a medical ward. I didn't feel safe most nights.

Mental Health ward is not accepting patients with any any medical reasons social worker refusing these patients.

Not sure how you all feel the government cuts and privatization but don't get sick in this province as Danielle Smith doesn't give a damn about you or about our public health care at all.

 She just wants the privatization of health care so we can pay through the nose and make her rich friends richer. 

As in case of Tyler Shandro, the past Health Minister OF UCP GOVERNMENT, Dyna lab money grab that cost us millions and the AHS had to buy it back take it over again ridiculous. He is now on the board of the Private Hospital at Covenent Health. Corruption at its finest.

My case would have been resolved with a simple preventative measure. Yes a colonoscopy that took to long and now I am without most of my colon and the possibility of a chemotherapy round. MY LIFE CHANGED FOREVER.

This is why we need a government who is proactively looking to use preventative measures not setting us up for the failure of the system 🤔 so they can help make their rich friends richer.

Thank you for listening.

C.W.