On tonight's Global BC: News Hour - they interview a couple from Penticton who were seperated by Interior Health because of the immediate health needs of the wife. Watch the video below:
When this situation was last in the forefront in 2006 - then-Minister of Health George Abbott decried the same situation by stating:
"Frankly, I'm sorry... this is not the kind of experience that people should have with elderly parents.. we all go through that at some point in life"
It is sad to see six years later, history repeating itself... as someone who watch his elderly grandfather die in a hospital bed, rather than at home with family around... this is a situation that is heart-breaking to observe and without changes to health-care delivery in this country, this will become more commonplace
With seniors' slated to become the biggest portion of the Canadian population - our health care system simply must become more compassionate for the needs of elderly couples and get away from its' cold, corporate mentality of "my way or the highway"
SBF
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