greydog;
Good morning to you sir, I hope the air's clearing up in your part of the province and all else is going more than less according to plan.
It's interesting to read of your experience in the hospital, that's good to know some places in the province aren't overrun.
We were really slammed with fentanyl OD's here at Penticton hospital before the beer flu and I can't imagine it's any better now, but haven't been to the hospital in about 2 years now as my Mom and Mother in Law both passed so we're not there as often.
When Mom fell and broke her hip for instance, she went in for scheduled surgery at 10:00AM but didn't get the surgery until 5:00PM because the doctors were too busy with ODs... that from a very frustrated nurse who gave me that information when I went in to check on Mom.
Anyways, as 673 well said, I thing the most logical reason to get the shot is to minimize the strain on our maxed out healthcare system.
That and in my opinion if one ever wants to get on a plane and sit on a beach by a tropical ocean, shots will likely be required.
All the best to you all sir and good luck on your hunts.
Dwayne
I was told by firemen in our city that the majority of their calls, as well as ambulance calls, are to overdoses. Day after day, shift after shift. Every overdose that requires treatment (narcan) has to go to the ER unless the patient refuses. Trip after trip to the ER, occupying ambulances, hospitals beds and taking the time of ER docs and nurses.
Earlier this week I had to take a family member to the ER and got to witness it first hand. The place was slammed. I was there for 9 hours with family member, he was there for 2 nights.
The majority of what I witnessed in the 9 hours I was there seemed to be mostly split into two groups. One group appeared drug related. The other group was obese people. There were a small number of elderly patients, injuries, cuffed inmate escorted by corrections and seemingly unstable people accompanied by RCMP.
There was at least one screaming junkie strapped to a bed beside us while I was there, and more unconscious. An obese person wheeled themselves past us in a wheelchair using their leg to push. The leg was grotesque(rotting) and the other leg missing up to the knee and recent bandaged. I’m assuming type 2 diabetic because a pharmacist I know that works at the hospital says it’s a revolving door of obese type 2’s coming and going getting lower limbs removed.
I know it’s just one mans 9 hour experience, but it was interesting.
I think our hospitals are already stretched with these two majority groups.
