On-line Story Booth

Stories are a powerful tool to ensure that we do not take our public health care system for granted. That’s why we want you to hear about your experience with the public health care system.

Have you benefited from our universal public health system? Do you have a story about the need for even greater coverage, or a problem with a private care provider?

Take part in our nation-wide on-line story booth to help remind people of the importance of health care, the need to expand it, and why public delivery matters.

Your story may even be featured on our website or turned into a video (we will contact you before this happens).

Here are some testimonies we have already collected.

From the time I discovered a lump in my breast to the post-surgery follow-up, I had complete confidence in my health team and the public health system that I would get the care I needed. You're overwhelmed with information and feelings when you get a cancer diagnosis, but you don't have to figure anything out on your own. I wasn't worried about whether an extra test was covered or not, I knew every tool would be used to treat my cancer and restore my good health. Calinda I'm alive today because of Canada's public health care system. It never gave up on me, even though I had given up on myself. My lifelong battles with depression and bi-polar disorder never precluded me from receiving the care I needed. I was always treated with humanity and always felt supported along my journey to recovery. Craig For years, I was suffering from osteoarthritis and hip problems, too scared to have any surgery done. My pain was further compounded when I fell on ice and severely fractured my arm. Doctors and nurses bent over backwards to make sure I was comfortable and my pain managed. I received surgeries for my arm and hip quickly, giving me the best chance for recovery and a pain-free life. At every point, I felt truly cared for as a person — not a number, not an insurance file, not a dollar figure. I’m feeling lucky to be alive. Nancy My husband was diagnosed and dead within a month and one day of pancreatic cancer. We never spent long wondering or waiting. They gave us the freedom to choose how to spend his remaining days and provided care to support to wishes. The physician came to us when we wanted to be at home. The nurses were there when it was time to enter the hospice. Our health team worked quickly and compassionately to ensure we could concentrate on being. France

* The CHC reserves the right to edit your story and will contact you before posting it on the website.