Cataracts Treatment

Question by Aunt Acid: Why are Canadian hospitals cutting down on surguries if Universal healthcare SAVES costs?
The Royal Alexandra Hospital will cancel 15 per cent of elective surgeries after receiving a directive from Alberta Health Services to cut costs.

It’s a move that will increase patient waiting times for surgeries such as knee and hip replacements, plus cataract removal.

Other hospitals in the region could face similar cost-reduction measures.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Health/Operations+cancelled/1590756/story.html
She added: “I don’t think there’s been a whole lot of honesty in terms of what this government is doing or is planning to do when it comes to health services in the province.”

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Answer by Hater Police
You presume HMOs aren’t doing much the same and you are wrong.

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Question by NancyJean M: Can falling down very hard on the face (near eyes) cause cataracts to form in the eye? (I’m 61).?
I fell very hard from a kitchen chair and hit my face on a carpeted floor that has cement beneath it. Three weeks later my eyelid that hit against a cabinet before I hit the floor is still sore and I see some spots in my eye. Can a fall like this cause cataracts to form?
I fell off a kitchen chair and landed very hard on a carpeted floor that has cement beneath it. I hit a cabinet door latch on the way down. The result was a blackened left eye for several days and a lacerated left eyelid. This was 3 weeks ago and I still see some spots in my left eye. Could these be cataracts from the fall? The eye itself was not red or discolored; it just felt odd from the pressure of hitting it. I’m rather worried about it, now.

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Answer by nakanaka442
No, because cataracts is caused by old age or genetic problems but it’s not because of a fall. Hope this helped

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Question by drsndpngm: should down syndrom baby having cynotic heart disease & bilateral cataract & deafness go for his heart surgery
Down syndrome babies are mentally retarded.There musclar tone is low
These baby are dependent on others through tere life.When also having defness & catarct there life become difficult
I am not talking only about down syndrome baby ,I am talking about baby with deafness.&cataract..Cataract will hamper her vision deafness her hearing .Please think with all the defects
Her cataract he\as been operated Doctor gave gaurded opinion about cataract.Hearing AID has been advised but due but baby is not able to use due to small ear

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Answer by medrecgal1973
Yes…because if he doesn’t have the heart surgery, he will surely die far sooner than he would otherwise. Perhaps the cataracts could also be corrected surgically (don’t know, that depends on other factors). Deafness also comes in degrees…most people have at least some residual hearing that can be used to benefit from hearing aids or cochlear implants. It doesn’t matter that he’s mentally retarded; that doesn’t usually diminish the quality of life unless it’s very severe. (And the level of mental retardation varies in Downs…it is always present, but some are more affected than others.) IMHO, you shouldn’t deny a baby the chance at life because he or she has disabilities. Of course, some people would disagree with that, but my opinion is based upon much personal experience. Let’s just say that if it had been left up to the “experts”, I wouldn’t be here to write this answer.

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