Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams will be sidelined from three to 12 weeks because of heart surgery he'll undergo at an undisclosed location in the United States, acting premier Kathy Dunderdale says.
Telling details:
"Having the surgery done in the province was never an option that was offered to him," Dunderdale said.
"Ultimately, we have to be the gatekeepers of our own health, and he has taken medical advice from a number of different sources," she said. "Based on all of the medical advice that he's received, he is doing what is best for him, to do everything he can to ensure that he can have the best outcome from the surgery and that he can be back on his feet and back here doing his job as quickly as possible."
Never an option. Doing what's best for him. Well, so great that the Canadians in high places can leave their country to get adequate care. What about the rest of the country? The little people?
More! How about the claims that innovation will be stifled in the US if we have socialized care. That's BS, right?
Kaminski said people shouldn't view his decision to seek medical help elsewhere as a condemnation of Canada's medical health system.
"It could be something as simple as a slightly new technique that's being tried that gives a speedy recovery and that's not yet approved in Canada," she said.
Kaminski said it might also be a procedure that can't be performed for whatever reason by medical professionals in the province.
People vote with their feet. That's where the results are shown. One could say, "Oh, the Premier left Newfoundland, which is a pretty remote Province". True, but he didn't go to Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, or Vancouver, either. He went to the USA.
We're stupid if we want this here.
Williams is not the first Canadian politician to go to the US for treatment. CBC has a clip showing more:http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/player.html?clipid=1403201839
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