Despite Not Having a Terminal Diagnosis, Jolene Van Alstyne of Regina Is Reflecting medical aid in dying (MAiD) She suffered extreme pain while waiting for surgical treatment.
This is an unacceptable situation, says Saskatchewan NPD leader Carla Beck.
“Thirty-six thousand Saskatchewans are waiting for surgery and they are far outnumbered,” Beck said. “We all know someone – our mother or father, child, neighbor, relative – who is not having surgery and is living in pain because of it.”
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suffer from Van Alstyne parathyroid hyperplasiaand her husband Miles Sundin joined Beck and health critic Vicki Mowat at the Legislature on Wednesday afternoon.
Van Alstyne has been living with her diagnosis for six years. She has experienced abdominal pain, low blood pressure, repeated bone fractures, anxiety and depression.
After waiting a year for a medical exam, she has now been told it could be an additional two years before she sees a specialist and is placed on a surgical waiting list, let alone her procedure.
While she has already received some treatment, it was only temporary. He hopes that another treatment will give him relief from nausea and vomiting for about 24 hours.
“Every day she suffers, she has talked and released her medical records to a MAID program,” Sundin said. “we need help.”
People in the MAiD program have told her not to proceed with the application because her condition is not terminal. The beauty, who works at Moose Jaw, said she feared that one day he would kill her when he was at work.
“He has decided to go in that direction because he has no hope anymore,” said Sundari. His wife has not stepped out of the house more than 20 to 25 times in the last four years.
They have been in contact with a medical facility in Florida that is willing to do the surgery after an expensive preview, although they need to see an endocrinologist first to get a recommendation for surgery. Sundin said he started a GoFundMe page to raise money for the surgery in Florida, but returned it to all donors after hearing about the need to see an endocrinologist beforehand.
Van Alstyne shared his concerns about the lack of urgent care in the province.
“I don’t understand why they don’t have a dedicated waiting list for patients who are urgent versus patients who, you know, need a little help but haven’t had a bed in years,” she said. Told.
“I hope something will be done.”
Premier Scott Moe said information from the College of Physicians and Surgeons proved there had been an increase of 107 physicians, including 51 family physicians and 56 specialists. He also acknowledged that there is more work to be done.
“To make sure our health minister is supporting our front-line workers in the Philippines recruiting nurses, recruiting LPNs, recruiting CCAs, recruiting health care professionals to work in our health care facilities Can move forward we can move forward for sure. The investments we’re making and our surgical wait time initiatives … are showing results for the people of Saskatchewan who are waiting for surgery in this province,” Moe said at the legislature Wednesday afternoon.
“We’re trying to attract not only more family physicians, but also specialists,” said Saskatchewan Rural and Remote Health Minister Everett Hindley, “and it’s difficult, it’s difficult.” We’ve made some progress in that regard, but it’s very competitive out there.”
Hindley expressed that he would meet with Van Alstyne to discuss her situation and said that cases like hers are why governments are doing everything they can to improve access to services.
“I think we’re starting to see some of the results of some of the investments in this year’s budget in terms of adding more surgical capacity, adding more doctors, more specialists, more health care workers to the system.”
Hindley said they are also adding more incentives and additional training for businesses in Saskatchewan’s health care system.
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