Tommy Douglas and Health Care System

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Tommy Douglas and Health Care System One man can save the lives of millions of people with one idea. An

idea that

separates Canada from any other country in the world. Tommy Douglas is

the reason we

have our health care system and without this man many Canadians would

have lost their

lives. Tommy Douglas revolutionized the Canadian health care system

and without his

efforts and initiatives the medical care of all Canadians would have

been at a considerable

disadvantage. Tommy Douglas had spent his life searching for ways to

help others.

Canada’s health care system has historically helped develop the

country we know as

Canada. One man, Tommy Douglas followed his dream of universally

accessible medical

care that lives on today. Canadian health care is presently in a state

of crisis. Will Tommy

Douglas’s dream of universal medical care continue to save lives?

The idea of Canadian medical care, great devotion to social causes,

and political

fortune earned Tommy Douglas the respect of millions of Canadians.

Tommy Douglas

has spent his life searching for ways to help Canada and every citizen

in Canada. Tommy

Douglas found himself in the hospital at the age of 10, due to a bone

infection he suffered

4 years earlier. Douglas’s parents were told that the only option they

had was to amputate

their son’s leg before the infection spread to the rest of his body.

If the infection spread it

would eventually end in Tommy’s death. This was all a result of

Douglas’s parent...

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... people this year. (Corcoran,1991,paragraph 7) Without the

health care system the

amount of deaths that result will be unpredictable.

In conclusion, Tommy Douglas revolutionized the Canadian medical care

system

and without his efforts and ideas the health care of all Canadians

would have been at a

considerable disadvantage. Tommy Douglas’s life was devoted to Canada

and left him

responsible for many incredible things that we could not live

without. Canada’s health

care has evolved greatly over the years for better and for worse but

none of this could

have started if not for Tommy Douglas. Canadian medical care is in a

state of crisis at

the present time but Canada will find a solution as they do for all

the problems that have

occurred and Douglas’s dream will continue to live.

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