Originally posted by SeitseI forgot to tell you that your next vacation (I know you euros get 6 months paid leave 🙂 should be in Istria. Moderate climate, blue seas, topless women, good food and nice people...go to Opatija...
Canada has one of the best stripbars I've ever been. In Windsor, right
across Detroit. Damn, boy, those girls were smooth as silk and classy
as a panthera.
Originally posted by IncomparableIstrianLOL, yeah, I plan to drink my leave, but I will think about it as soon as I find where Istria is! 😀
I forgot to tell you that your next vacation (I know you euros get 6 months paid leave 🙂 should be in Istria. Moderate climate, blue seas, topless women, good food and nice people...go to Opatija...
I suppose Canada’s health care system is all right if you don’t mind waiting almost 18 weeks to see a specialist:
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/readmore.asp?sNav=nr&id=753
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/admin/books/chapterfiles/Mar05ffesmail.pdf#
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?page=article&Article_ID=3592
…and don’t mind paying a stunningly high price:
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?page=article&Article_ID=2112
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/readmore.asp?sNav=nr&id=644
Originally posted by whiteroseTo name a few....
[b Also, what cures for viruses has Canada come up with, and why are they not sharing them with the rest of the world?[/b]
* Frederick Banting (1891-1941, Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discoverers of insulin.
* Norman Bethune, (1890-1939), surgeon, inventor, socialist, battlefield doctor in Spain and China.
* Tommy Douglas, introduced publicly-funded health care in Canada. He is more commonly known as the Father of Medicare.
* Jeanne Mance, one of the founders of Montreal, established the first hospital in North America, the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, in 1644.
* Henry Morgentaler - abortionist who helped legalize abortion in Canada and strengthen the power of jury nullification
* William Osler, (1849-1919), physician, called the "father of modern medicine," wrote Principles and Practice of Medicine, which was the pre-eminent textbook in medical education for many years.
* Wilder Penfield - Neurosurgeon, discovered electrical stimulation of the brain
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterIt's better than the 30 Million Americans who can't see a specialist at all because they have NO HEALTH CARE.
I suppose Canada’s health care system is all right if you don’t mind waiting almost 18 weeks to see a specialist:
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/readmore.asp?sNav=nr&id=753
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/admin/books/chapterfiles/Mar05ffesmail.pdf#
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?page=article&Article_ID=3592
…and don’t mind ...[text shortened]... page=article&Article_ID=2112
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/readmore.asp?sNav=nr&id=644
And besides, don't be quoting the Fraser Institute. They are a laughing stock in Canada. Rush Limbaugh would like them but that's about it.
That'd be like quoting the Christian Coalition for a viewpoint on whether or not God exists.
Originally posted by uzlessI didn't see any cures for viruses in that list. It tells me that there are some great Canadian scientists, but that says nothing about Canada's health care system.
To name a few....
* Frederick Banting (1891-1941, Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discoverers of insulin.
* Norman Bethune, (1890-1939), surgeon, inventor, socialist, battlefield doctor in Spain and China.
* Tommy Douglas, introduced publicly-funded health care in Canada. He is more commonly known ...[text shortened]... y years.
* Wilder Penfield - Neurosurgeon, discovered electrical stimulation of the brain
Here's a few more with more recent quality Canadians...since you asked.
* Sid Altman - Molecular Biology
* Sir Frederick Banting, (1891-1941), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin
* Charles Best, (1899-1978), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin
* Wilfred Bigelow - first artificial pacemaker
* Stewart Blusson OC (born 1939) - geologist, diamond prospector, multimillionaire and philanthropist
* Bertram Brockhouse - designed the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectroscope
* Sir William Dawson, (1820—99), first Canadian-born scientist of worldwide reputation
* John Dick (born 1957) - credited with discovery of cancer stem cell
* William Francis Giauque - 1949 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
* James Gosling - Programmer, inventor of Java
* Gerhard Herzberg - 1971 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry for Molecular Spectroscopy
* Claude Hillaire-Marcel - A world leader in Quaternary research. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
* David Hubel - 1981 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine for mapping the visual cortex
* Doreen Kimura - Behavioural Psychologist: World expert on sex differences in the brain
* Julia Levy - Microbiologist: co-discovered photodynamic anti-cancer drugs
* Sir William Logan, (1798-1875), founded the Geological Survey of Canada, knighted by Queen Victoria, awarded the French Legion of Hono ur.
* John Macoun, (1831—1920) - Noted botanist.
* Rudolph Marcus - 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for electron transfer reactions (e.g. rust)
* Ernest McCulloch - cellular biologist created for the discovery of stem cell with James Till.
* Maud Menten - (1879-1960), medical scientist, made groundbreaking work in enzyme kinetics
* John Polanyi - 1986 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for infrared chemiluminescence
* Hubert Reeves - Astrophysicist and science popularizer
* Charles Edward Saunders - Marquis Wheat
* Arthur Schawlow - 1981 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (for lasers)
* Myron Scholes - 1997 Nobel Prize winner in Economics
* Hans Selye - (1907-82) - pioneering stress researcher
* Michael Smith (1932-2000), 1993 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry for site-based mutagenesis
* David Suzuki, (born 1936), geneticist and science popularizer
* Henry Taube - 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for electron transfer reactions
* Richard Taylor - 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics for verifying the Quark Theory
* James Till - Canadian biophysicist, credited for the discovery of stem cell with Ernest McCulloch.
* Irene Ayako Uchida - Cytogenticist: World-famous Down Syndrome researcher
* William Vickrey - 1996 Nobel Prize winner in economics
* Harold Williams - Geologist. World-famous expert on the Appalachian Mountains.
* Tuzo Wilson - Geophysicist. plate tectonics
For a more detailed list of renowned Canadian scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, see the outside link:
* http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientists.php
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterYou're right! Our healthcare system is complete crap. I can't believe I have to wait up to AN HOUR to get treatment at a hospital nor can I believe that I've never been charged a red cent for anything. BASTARDS! ðŸ˜
I suppose Canada’s health care system is all right if you don’t mind waiting almost 18 weeks to see a specialist:
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/readmore.asp?sNav=nr&id=753
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/admin/books/chapterfiles/Mar05ffesmail.pdf#
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?page=article&Article_ID=3592
…and don’t mind ...[text shortened]... page=article&Article_ID=2112
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/readmore.asp?sNav=nr&id=644
Originally posted by uzlessWhat does this have to do with the quality of the Canadian health care system?
Here's a few more with more recent quality Canadians...since you asked.
* Sid Altman - Molecular Biology
* Sir Frederick Banting, (1891-1941), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin
* Charles Best, (1899-1978), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin
* Wilfred Bigelow - first artificial pacemaker
* Stewart Blusson OC (born 1939) ...[text shortened]... l Prize winners, see the outside link:
* http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientists.php
Originally posted by darvlayYa, when I was hospitalized in the isolation ward of the emergency department for 3 days and nights with my own room, I wish they would have charged me the $15,000 it would have cost to do all of the medical tests and fees instead of just flashing my health card at the nurse and walking out.
You're right! Our healthcare system is complete crap. I can't believe I have to wait up to AN HOUR to get treatment at a hospital nor can I believe that I've never been charged a red cent for anything. BASTARDS! ðŸ˜
Our system sux
Originally posted by uzlessRead my posts. I didn't ask for a list of Canadian medical contributions. It was mentioned in the first post that Canada has some 'cures for viruses', which the rest of the world apparently doesn't, so I was asking what those were.
It doesn't...just responding to your request for a list of Canadian medical contributions to the world.
Originally posted by uzlessCompletely free health care sounds like a better reason to praise Canada's medical system than free flu shots and a hospital in every city. However, for non-emergency treatments it does seem to lead to long waiting lists.
Ya, when I was hospitalized in the isolation ward of the emergency department for 3 days and nights with my own room, I wish they would have charged me the $15,000 it would have cost to do all of the medical tests and fees instead of just flashing my health card at the nurse and walking out.
Our system sux