Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Timothy Winey's avatar

The National Homicide Service is designed exactly as intended.

Jennifer Jones's avatar

Aside from knowledge of turbo-cancer, all doctors know how fast some cancers can metasticize. They know how important it is to have a fast biopsy and fast removal of the mass. I've found that even doctors in the US have little to no say in operating room availability. I'm in Washington State. Both times that I had cancer (kidney and breast) that needed excision, I contacted cancer departments in medical centers in Oregon, Colorado, Minnesota, Ohio, Louisiana, and Texas for quick surgery availability. Ultimately, I chose The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio and MD Anderson, Texas, paying only the price of an airline ticket out of pocket. As John Leake said, sometimes you need to take matters into your own hands and call around. None of the cancer departments I phoned had any reluctance telling me how far out their operating room availability was.

91 more comments...

No posts

Ready for more?