Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Adventures in Canadian Health Care

Laura's Ontario health insurance card expired on her birthday. Fortunately, she was able to renew it in Mount Forest before she left for England.

On the way back from South Africa, Laura began throwing up on the plane. When she got to Vancouver, she went to the hospital. They asked for her health card. She showed them her temporary card from Ontario. 

They also wanted to see identification. All she had was her Vancouver driver's licence. She had to explain the long story about working in Vancouver two years ago.  Then she went back to school in Halifax last year. However, her home address was still Ontario. Fortunately, they accepted her card.

She was diagnosed with urinary tract infection and given introvenous antibiotics. Then she was given a prescription for an oral antibiotic and released from the hospital. She had a bad reaction to the oral antibiotic. So she went back to the hospital the next day.  She got a prescription for a different oral antibiotic.

A couple of days later, she was feeling better. 

She was hoping to work on the new Tim Burton movie when she got to Vancouver. But by the time she was feeling well enough to work, the Tim Burton movie was wrapping up. We saw pictures of Laura at the wrap party on Facebook. She got to meet Tim Burton at the wrap party though which was a dream come true.

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