A Call For National Healthcare Reform in Canada

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A CALL FOR NATIONAL HEALTHCARE REFORM IN CANADA


We, the undersigned citizens of Canada, draw the attention of the Canadian Provincial and Federal
Legislature to the following:

To review and rectify the inequality of healthcare delivery from city to city, region to region and province to province. To ensure all Canadians have accessibility to timely diagnosis and the complete array of possible treatments.

To establish a Centre for Best Practices, as an information and research base to improve healthcare practices for patient-centred care and timely delivery of services with fiscal responsibility.

To mandate that all Family Physicians must be stopped from accepting a hidden fee for accepting new patients.

Healthcare decisions should be evaluated both by medical professions as well as an appointed volunteer group of consumers and their families and not solely by the government.

Cancer as well as other major diseases have a standardized treatment protocol. For example that Neupogen or Neulasta is provided to all cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and not just in some cancer centres.

Research monies raised in the public domain be equally divided between research and direct patient care.

Emergency centres be mandatory in cancer treatment centres .

Women prescribed Tamoxifen should be routinely tested for the CYP2D6 enzyme to determine whether they can metabolize the drug and not develop additional tumours.

Canadians be provided with fair access and information that a two-tier system already operates in Canada allowing them to make informed decisions for their healthcare.

Physicians and healthcare professions be given priority care, as their recovery directly impacts on the total healthcare delivery system to other patients. Delaying their care means delaying care of all patients.

Medical documentation information technology be established across Canada within 5 years to ensure confidential communication and accurate dissemination of healthcare information between treating professionals.

Establishment of a healthcare advocacy that provides Canadians with assistance during illness to make appropriate decisions in managing their care.

To preserve and ensure that Canadians can access timely quality healthcare.

82 Signatures

  • alan schwartz
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario, M4M1X1
  • Carol Mark
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario, M4M 1X1
    • Comments
    • Its Time For a change & accountability!
  • Lenni Eubanks
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario M5P 1K2
  • Thomas Edward Weir
    • Province, Zip Code
    • v6j 5c3
  • Carolina McBride
    • Province, Zip Code
    • M5P 2E6
    • Comments
    • from personal experience i know our health care system is AWFUL!!!!! Change must happen
  • lili tomovich
    • Province, Zip Code
    • ontario mnn 1h1
  • Lynn Wilson
    • Province, Zip Code
    • M8W2N@
  • ROSA GANDY
    • Province, Zip Code
    • M5R 3V3
  • Annie Palmer
    • Province, Zip Code
    • M4C 2N9
  • Rachel Conway
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario, M4E 1T7
  • Krista Saleh
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario, M4W 3X3
    • Comments
    • I hear these stories time and time again. We need to move for positive change here.
  • Sally Daniels
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario L4M 7E5
    • Comments
    • do something
  • M&M longo
    • Province, Zip Code
    • l3y9g1
  • Judy Quen Wong
    • Province, Zip Code
    • M6G 3E3
  • Doris Wisiak
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario, M1R 4R1
    • Comments
    • I have felt let down and deeply disappointed by the Canadian Health Care System on numerous occasions, and fully support this petition
  • F. Khettry
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario, M1W3T6
  • Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg MES, PhD
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario M5R 2X5
    • Comments
    • I wholeheartedly agree with this petition
  • Ilene Hyman
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario M5R 3B7
  • Susan Schellenberg
    • Province, Zip Code
    • M6P 2P4
    • Comments
    • I applaud Carol Mark's courage to use her story and the bold image of her suffering to help create change.
  • Lyn Adamson
    • Province, Zip Code
    • ON M6E 2Y4
  • Elias Mulamoottil
    • Province, Zip Code
    • M4W 3X3
  • Giulia D'Alesio
    • Province, Zip Code
    • J7V7P2
  • GUY RENAUD
    • Province, Zip Code
    • J7V7P2
  • Diana Cassa
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario, L0G 1A0
    • Comments
    • I am part of a study at Sunnybrook hospital determining the efficacy of Tamoxifen alone or chemotherapy and Tamoxifen as treatment for estrogen positive breast cancer patients. When I asked about CYP2D6, I was told I could have it done but for a fee of $400+ Canadian. I asked why this wouldn't be routinely done for at least patients in the study, because how on earth will they be able to draw accurate conclusion re: efficacy of Tamoxifen if the patient was able to metabolize efficiently. Was told that they are looking into offering it to all breast cancer patients, not just those informed enough to ask for it. I don't think at this date, that it is being offered as a matter of course.
  • Catherine Vance
    • Province, Zip Code
    • M8W4C2
  • Dorothy Lichtblau
    • Province, Zip Code
    • ON, M6G 4B6
  • B. Joanne Clarke
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario M3A 1T7
  • Rola
    • Province, Zip Code
    • M9P 2P2
  • Stephanie Palmer
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario, M4C2N9
  • Luz Ambita
    • Province, Zip Code
    • L3S 3E1
  • Luz
    • Province, Zip Code
    • L3S 3E1
  • Lisa Shatford
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario M2N 6S4
    • Comments
    • the situation is appalling....FIX IT
  • Janice Shatford
    • Province, Zip Code
    • M4H 1R1
  • Olive Bailey
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario K9H3T3
    • Comments
    • Time to stand up and fight!
  • Renee Guidolin
    • Province, Zip Code
    • H2R2B7
  • Deborah L. Bomans
    • Province, Zip Code
    • ON N5C 3S1
  • carol farkas
    • Province, Zip Code
    • m6g3J8
  • Brydon Gombay
    • Province, Zip Code
    • ON M5R 2Y8
  • Suzanne Gregory
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario M5R 1B5
    • Comments
    • Thank you
  • Adele Sherman
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario
  • guna walter
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario, L4Y 2V2
  • Camelia Kardos
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario, L6A 2Z9
  • Brittany
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario L8N2H9
    • Comments
    • This needs to stop and change!!
  • Paula McPherson
    • Province, Zip Code
    • M1J 3L1
  • rachel rajkumar
    • Province, Zip Code
    • M4C 4H1
  • Laura Mulholland
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Pickering, Ontario L1V 5E7
  • mary cook
    • Province, Zip Code
    • M4C 4H6
  • Rita M. Stamp
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Ontario M4C 5J8
    • Comments
    • I had already made the assumption of the existence of a 2-tier health care system in Canada, but like all the others, my voice is not heard either. Some positive helpful changes need to be made asap to our current health care system.
  • Fareeda Chand
    • Province, Zip Code
    • M4W 3R8
    • Comments
    • My sister-in-law recently had a full mastectomy and went through the same crisis that Carl Mark did. Stop this injustice. We are human beings and no one will understand the full impact of feeling "uncared" for until you are put in their shoes. Let's do whatever is humanly possible to help.
  • Nikki Gill-Burns
    • Province, Zip Code
    • Brampton, Ontario L6P 2J7