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A conservative OPINION blog --with bite. OPINION by Joel Johannesen.

Friday, August 17, 2007

Canadians forced to ditch Canada to deliver quads in U.S.;  no room at the Canuck Healthcare Inn

Written by Joel Johannesen on Friday August 17 2007 at 12:50 PM

Liberals are for this.  It’s their system.  They love. it.

The librals’ CNN reports, sheepishly adding the important line at the very bottom:

Rare identical quadruplets born in Montana

HELENA, Montana (AP)—A 35-year-old Canadian woman has given birth to rare identical quadruplets, hospital officials said.

Karen Jepp of Calgary, Canada, delivered Autumn, Brooke, Calissa and Dahlia by Caesarian section Sunday afternoon at Benefis Healthcare hospital in Great Falls, Montana, said Amy Astin, a spokeswoman for the hospital.

The four girls were breathing without ventilators and listed in good condition Thursday, Astin said.

“These babies are doing grand,” said Dr. Tom Key, the perinatologist who delivered the girls.

The babies were born about two months early and were conceived without fertility drugs, he said. They weighed between 2.6 pounds and 2.15 pounds.

“We’re really active people,” their father, J.P. Jepp, told the Great Falls Tribune. “We’re looking forward to ballet lessons and dance lessons—maybe a hockey player in there—who knows? We’re looking forward to the next step.”

The couple also have a 2-year-old son, Simon.

J.P. Jepp works for Shell Oil Co., and both parents worked for nonprofit groups until recently, Astin said.

The chances of giving birth to identical quadruplets is about one in 13 million, Key said.

Medical literature indicates there are less than 50 sets of identical quadruplets, said Dr. Jamie Grifo, director of the NYU Fertility Center in New York.

The last reported set were born in April 2006 to a 26-year-old Indian woman.

The Jepps drove 325 miles to Great Falls for the births because hospitals in Calgary were at capacity, Key said



Of course strictly speaking, Canadian hospitals are rarely “at capacity” in the real, full, honest sense of the word.  What that usually means in Canada is that there’s plenty of room—dozens of empty beds and operating rooms and so on—just not enough taxpayer funding to pay for the ongoing operation of the rooms and beds themselves.  So you see, what it really means is that TAXPAYERS are “at capacity”. 

Therefore liberals demand that taxes be raised—“capacity” be damned.  To pay for their system.  To save their political backsides. Because they’ve staked their entire political capital on this sick, decrepit North Korean-style healthcare system working. 

Vote liberal. 

Posted by Joel Johannesen on   Fri, August 17, 2007 at 12:50:00 PM
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