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by sudosysgen 1628 days ago
You're right, and the worst is that private clinics and practices are allowed in Canada, and they have no interest in getting involved with this.
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refurb 1628 days ago
There are almost no private clinics in Canada
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mattkrause 1628 days ago
I doubt that's true, and for what its' worth, health care is run by the individual provinces, not the federal government.

At any rate, there are a bunch in Montreal. Here's one: https://www.rocklandmd.com/en/medical-clinic.html Here's another: https://cliniquesmedicaleslacroix.com/en/ You can certainly find more by searching for "[Canadian Place Name] private clinic"

Heck, here's a news article about the Quebec government outsourcing some work to private clinics to clear COVID-related backlogs. For there to be $100M worth of contracts, there must be a decent number of clinics.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/private-clinics-queb...

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sudosysgen 1628 days ago
That is untrue. There are almost a dozen within 30 minutes of where I live.
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refurb 1628 days ago
Please provide links.

Doctors are not able to work in both the public and private systems, they have to choose.

There are a few clinics that provide care entirely outside the public system but since the demand is low they are rare beyond MRI clinics in a few provinces.

But please, send me links to the dozen of private clinics (dont work in the public system) that are 30 mins of where you live.

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sudosysgen 1628 days ago
I'm not going to doxx myself.

Demand used to be low, it is increasing steadily due to mismanagement.

If you don't trust me, type "private clinic toronto" into Google Maps.

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refurb 1627 days ago
I see clinics doing sports medicine, endoscopies and sexual health. Lots of comments about “super expensive”.

No hospitals or major research centers that would actually be anywhere near the issues happening in NS.

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sudosysgen 1627 days ago
I never said hospitals. I said clinics. Research is not something the private sector wants to do in this domain, because it's not profitable.

If all you saw was endoscopies and sports health, you weren't looking. There are tons of generalist clinics.

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