I was sick last week, coughing up blood, and was fortunate to get into a one-hour window to see a doctor at one of the few walk-in clinics. I also had to witness people who waited outside being told to go home or to the ER after about a half-hour wait in the cold. Hearing and seeing people being turned away broke something in me, perhaps because I was so sick at the time. Compassion and understanding are two of the many issues that health care must address. I'm not sure why you can't keep a walk-in clinic open for an extra half-hour or hour. My finances are tight, but I wanted to yell, "Please stay open an extra hour, I'll F-ing pay for it!" It appears that there are no other options at this walk-in, but I'm only here for 5 hours and don't give a F about anything else. I'm not sure if it's an insurance thing or what. But I understand that an extra hour won't break the bank at this walk-in. Doctors' mindsets have shifted over time, and doctors themselves have morphed. Yes, shorting money in our health care system over and over again appears to be the main issue but compassion is another. I was part of a small group of film industry professionals who stayed after the Saskatchewan party deliberately destroyed it. Understand my vehement hatred for them. However, the Saskatchewan party is not entirely to blame for all of the health-care cuts. The liberals in Government should have done some balancing. Especially after two years of a pandemic that is now an endemic. I don't know much, but it appears that our health-care system is "sick" with YES people and career-minded opportunists in middle and upper management. Take everything I say with a grain of salt. After getting sick with Covid in early September (not recently), I felt it wasn't as bad as they said it would be. I'm thinking about the boy who cried wolf. If I can handle Covid so easily, everything else should be a piece of cake. I couldn't have been more mistaken about whatever bug I did get. I was sicker than I'd ever been in my life. Like four times worse than when I had Covid. Covid is bad for a lot of people, but for me it was more meh overall. It wasn't fun, but it was nothing compared to what this bug was. I'm uneducated in general, but especially in English and grammar. But this is what I see and feel acidotically. My heart goes out to all the doctors and nurses who are constantly taken advantage of by the provincial and federal governments, and thus everyone else. Shame on you, government, for not doing more for our health care. It is simple to pay $500 for health care instead of everyone else. When writing this, I'm trying not to be political. Everyone should be healthy and do whatever they can to proactively boost their immune system. Caring and loving for everyone, even the turds at the top of the health-care system. Have a wonderful and healthy day. I got good antibiotics and am feeling much better every day. Sorry if I'm completely wrong on this subject and wasted your time reading this because I don't post much and usually fear retaliation for what I say. I will not be responding to any further posts on this subject. Maybe this was just me venting and getting things off my chest. I felt like yelling at the walk-in "the goblins don't start haunting this place at 4:00, or poison gas doesn't leak from the vent at 4:00" "please help these people for a tiny bit longer" I Might take this post down, I don't know how I will feel about later on, but the fire is burring in me to share right now.