Health

In the four years that I have lived in Canada, I have found the health care system to be well-functioning, with the exception of the current shortage of doctors and nurses; when necessary, we have received adequate care. The hospital has sufficient resources to offer patients treatment that is appropriate to their needs.

However, it would be essential for the system to work more on prevention. When the population is subjected to continuous health controls, these would help to detect any disease at an early stage, and treatment would be possible more quickly and at lower cost to the system, compared to when the disease is at a more advanced stage, where resource occupation and costs are quite significant. So far, I have observed that the health system, and local government policies, are not very focused on prevention, not only through routine check-ups for the population, but also on a culture of good eating habits and personal self-care, which would allow the population to have better health in general terms.

It is evident that, in principle, if the population of this country contributed by eating the right food, avoiding habits such as smoking and drinking alcohol in large quantities, and doing some sport, and if the government invested more in health personnel, we would all help to prevent the system from continuing to collapse, and the cost of running the system would certainly be lower than it is now.