1 Apr 2013

TORONTO Princess Margaret Hospital

Princess Margaret (Cancer) Hospital may be good at Research but is less than satisfactory for patient care. Uses general nurses for venipucture not specialized Phlebotomists.. Physician's wife with pathological fracture from plasmacytoma in severe pain had to wait in ER for 5 hours and discharged with advice to double opioid dose and  use a cloth sling. Later Princess Margaret Radiotherapist refused. radiotherapy unless arm was internally fixated.

Cast was`applied under anaesthesia at St.JOSEPH (Teaching) Hospital and 20 Gray dose radiotherapy given at Sunnybrook (Teaching) Hospital ODETTE CANCER CENTER.

Toronto urgently needs a PRIVATE HOSPITALS similar to Montreal (ROCKLAND MD)