After some debate, however, the administrators ruled out an advertising campaign in Quebec. We don't envision doing any advertising. Still, Wolleben was keen to promote his hospital in an interview. He noted the CVPH Medical Centre, as it's known locally, is only a one-hour drive south from Montreal. The hospital also has 140 doctors on staff, including the former orthopedic surgeon for the Baltimore Orioles baseball team.
All figures are in U.S. dollars.
The report revealed that an increasing number of patients are waiting longer than the medically acceptable time limits. Hildebran, who read about the report on The Gazette's Web site, expressed dismay about the swelling waiting lists. Fortunately for you, perhaps, Canadians are much more patient. Culturally, I have been told, Canadians are more willing to wait. In the U.S., people are very impatient and they want care and they want it immediately, and if they wait longer than an hour, something awful has happened and I guess we're not doing our job.