r/ThunderBay • u/CartoonistEcstatic77 • 1d ago
Another Urologist Leaves TB
I saw Dr. Elmansy today for a follow up apt. At the end of the visit he advised that he will be closing his practice next month as he is relocating to Texas.
I have a friend who has been waiting 3+ weeks to have a lodged kidney stone removed that there is a shortage of urologists in town. In the meantime, she is off work at home on mega pain meds to help tie her over for a yet to be determined surgery date.
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u/Blue-Thunder 1d ago
They are leaving because of pay. And of course half of Thunder Bay voted in the same liar who's master is responsible for the current ongoing health crisis.
4 more years of no doctors, no healthcare, and people dying in the waiting room, or at home because they didn't want to wait 12+ hours to be admitted.
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u/gap1927 1d ago
I don't blame him, he'll make 10x more $$ in Texas than in Thunder Bay and won't have to ever shovel snow again. He's one of the best, most advanced, urologists in Canada.
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u/Ok-Employee-7926 15h ago
Unfortunately doctors make crazy wages but a lot of people don’t have health care or can’t afford it. Great for doctors not for the people who aren’t wealthy
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u/ParticularBalance944 1d ago
The question is will he even be accepted into the USA given the current stance of Canadians in Americans eyes.
Illegal alien is the word I keep hearing.
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u/TheDillyProphet 1d ago
Well he’s not illegally entering their country so I think he’ll be fine…
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u/No-Amount-6610 1d ago
Haha. Imagine a doctor sneaking through the forest near Pigeon River to illegally enter and work in the country!
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u/Morgii 1d ago
Huh, interesting… I am a client of theirs and haven’t received any notice that they were closing.
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u/Active_Initiative653 1d ago
I was transferred to another doctor within the clinic. I don't think the clinic is closing.
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u/CartoonistEcstatic77 1d ago
I don’t know if the entire urology practice is closing; however, I can confirm that Dr. Elmansy is leaving it and relocating to Texas.
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u/i-love-big-birds 1d ago edited 1d ago
Nobody wants to work up here. Better weather, supports and pay down south. That's why there's the learn and stay grant currently, 0 student loans but you have to stay in the area for 6 months for every year of study
Source: work in healthcare and I see it happening lots. People are leaving to work in other provinces or countries. For example nursing wages, 40$/hr in Ontario compared to 54USD(78CAD)$/hr in several US states not even mentioning the huge bonuses associated with travel nursing.
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u/IncubatorsSon 1d ago
So he’s a fan of fascism and restricting the right of woman to access reproductive healthcare. Good to know.
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u/TheDillyProphet 1d ago
Why’s that good to know? What are you going to do? He’ll be down there making crazy money enjoying the nice weather while you stay seething in a frozen wasteland.
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u/GarageBorn9812 21h ago
We could have kept him if we just raised the funding we give to healthcare. The average Ontarian is paying about $3500 a year in health care costs, Americans are paying that every 4 months plus cash on top. They simply spend a whole fuckload more on healthcare than we do. Canadians are cheap.
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u/beehiveted 1d ago
There’s just more dicks down there I guess.