I wish to offer a tip of the hat to the excellent doctors, nurses and staff at Centennial Hills Hospital out here in Las Vegas. This is the 6th time, I believe, that my family has availed itself of this facility and each time we have been treated with the utmost courtesy and skill.
All through last night I was experiencing abdominal pains on an increasing level and by this morning I suspected the return of an old malady and my wife drove me over to Centennial Hills. Signing in at the front desk at 10:47 am, I was released from the ER at approximately 2:20pm – after having had a series of blood and urine tests as well as a CAT scan which did, indeed, confirm that I have diverticulitis. I was offered a night’s stay in the hospital if I felt that my pain management required medical supervision. Declining this with thanks, I was given four prescriptions (two anti-biotics, an anti-nausea medication and pain medication) – those prescriptions will be filled in less than two hours from this writing.
Beat that, Canada. We’ve got the best – and even an uninsured person arriving at the hospital would have been treated just as I have been. We need to fix some things, but what happened to me today cannot happen under socialized medicine – the government bureaucrats don’t allow such efficiencies because they are costly. Keeping in mind that if my malady went untreated long enough, it would have required major surgery and, perhaps, have resulted in my death. We don’t need an overhaul – we do need a more efficient means of ensuring that people have the coverage they need; and government isn’t the answer.
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