Sorry doctor, that’s my son playing bongos near me on the couch.Only eight per cent of Quebec doctors are foreign-trained, compared with a Canadian average of 25 per cent.Many find Quebec’s rules for retraining too complex
The solution is evident. Let Quebec partner with Uber to form Urgence-Taxi, where trained former doctors or nurses pick you up and do minor mobile medical diagnosis, while the meter ticks.Article content”Hello, Urgence-Taxi? My stomach hurts and I’m sweating, but I don’t want to wait 11 hours in emergency.
Travel agents may soon advertise Club Med Med charters for “Beach and Bypass” excursions, “Cycling and Psychotherapy” trips and “Tropical Plant and Hip Transplant” tours.Surgeons already use robotic arms for many delicate operations. Let’s hope robo-surgeons can eventually practise on their own, printing and installing 3D kidneys or lungs, much as we do with car parts nowadays, where nothing is fixed, just replaced.
As real doctors retire or join fast-growing private medical clinics, the robo-doctor will see you now.