Malnutrition usually develops in stages over time. Malnutrition may make your body weak and cause health problems such as trouble fighting infections and healing. Severe malnutrition may cause heart problems, breathing problems, and kidney problems. It can also cause changes in the level of chemicals in your blood called electrolytes. Severe malnutrition can even lead to death if it goes untreated.
ONTARIO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Malnutrition will shorten your life span and severely compromise your quality of life.
Malnutrition will cease if you have a good doctor in Ontario/Canada and the economic means to meet your nutritional requirements.
With the healthcare user fees collected by the Ontario Provincial Government how many people in the poverty class are actually treated and tested for the above.
There is enough money in the general provincial coffers to treat patients suffering from this condition.
Yet the medical community remains silent as the poverty class suffers from ongoing malnutrition.
The poverty class is exposed to hormone disrupters, which is a contributing factor that exacerbates underlying medical conditions left widely untreated by the medical community.
Why else would the Federal government set up mobile testing units to go across Canada to monitor the health of Canadians living in remote isolated areas?
List of the symptoms and signs
- fatigue and low energy
- dizziness
- compromised immune function
- dry, scaly skin
- swollen and bleeding gums
- Heart arrhythmia, disease
- slowed reaction times and trouble paying attention
- severe hair loss
- poor growth
- muscle weakness and loss of muscle mass
- bloated stomach (upper abdomen)
- thinning of the bones (fractures)
- problems with organ function
- electrolyte imbalance ( imbalance of ph levels etc)
- edema (swelling of the feet, ankles)
- Dehydration is another factor of malnutrition (hypohydration)
- tooth loss and decay
- untreated DI water deprivation
If you were able to access a medical provider in Ontario , what would the healthcare provider test for when diagnosing malnutrition, a doctor may do one of several things?
- use blood tests to check for abnormalities
- take X-rays (excessive use of x-rays or catscans is a carcinogenic) to look for signs of malnutrition in organs and bones
- check for diseases or conditions that might be the underlying cause of malnutrition/ dehydration including economic factors
To correct problems related to malnutrition, a doctor would recommend specific changes in the types and quantities of foods that a person eats. Sometimes he or she will prescribe dietary supplements, such as vitamins and minerals (affordability) and economics is a factor to consider but widely ignored and often overlooked.
Other treatment and prompt medical intervention is necessary for the poverty class who are found to have a specific condition causing their malnutrition/dehydration.
In researching information on malnutrition very little is found on Canadian research sites.
Most of the information was gathered from medical information provided by clients and the international medical community.
People in the poverty class requiring the special diet may be faced with additional stressors created by the province that may result in criminal charges.
A recent announcement by the Minister of Community and Social Services acting on the complaint of a Toronto City Councillor and the Ontario Auditor General’s Report is nothing more than Criminalization of the poverty class.
Pending changes in the regulations have meant that the government is policing and prosecuting the poverty class one more time and this cost will be passed onto the taxpayers of Ontario and only serve to create huge backlogs in our already overburdened legal system.
Doctors have taken an oath to ensure the wellbeing of their patients, to inflict no harm, yet remain silent, and most refuse to speak out on this epidemic caused by poverty let alone fill out the medical forms.
The poverty class is without medical intervention, advocacy, and supports to ensure quality of life.
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· Advocate for the health of Ontarians.
· Be A trusted, respected, and unified voice for a diverse profession.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
As a Member Organization: Our members are our number one priority in all the work
we do. We seek to build and maintain an organization that is inclusive, collaborative,
and accountable to physicians. We have an uncompromising commitment to serve
them well, protect their interests, and contribute to their overall health and well-being.
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in the forefront of building a stronger, higher quality health-care system for our
patients, and ensuring valued and effective roles for physicians in that system.
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for the health of Ontarians. We encourage healthy living practices and illness prevention.
In our work, we advocate evidence-based practice and reliance on the substantial
knowledge base of our membership.
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- Treating everyone with respect, dignity, and integrity.
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- Continuous improvement through careful and considered change.
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What Happened here?
Allegations of Dr. Wong's professional misconduct and incompetence have been referred to the Discipline Committee of the College.
It is alleged that Dr. Wong engaged in conduct or an act or omission relevant to the practice of medicine that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional in completing and signing Special Diet Allowance forms, and submitting billings to OHIP between approximately 2004 and 2009, without confirming dietary restrictions, allergies, etc., as reported by patients. It is also alleged that Dr. Wong failed to maintain the standard of practice of the profession and is incompetent in his care and treatment of 15 patients, including, but not limited to, in his record-keeping, failure to take proper histories and failure to perform appropriate medical examinations, including diagnostic testing.
Practice Restrictions
If the panel finds that the physician has committed an act of professional misconduct or is incompetent, it can make an Order directing the Registrar to:
- impose specified terms, conditions, or limitations on the physician’s certificate.
If the panel finds the physician has committed an act of professional misconduct, it can also make an Order:
- Requiring the physician to pay a fine of not more than $35,000 to the Minister of Finance, and the state benefits but not the patient (note who collects the money) the PROVINCIAL COFFERS!!!!
In an appropriate case, the panel may also require the physician to pay all or part of the legal, investigation and hearing costs, and expenses.
The continuing cuts to social welfare and the reduction in the number and quality of services for the poor mean that more people are forced to struggle to survive and care for themselves and, if they have any, their children. Increasingly, the poverty class survival skills are becoming criminalized.
It is important not to confuse crime rates with the criminalization of the poverty class.
Dictionaries define "criminalization" as turning someone into a criminal or treating someone as a criminal (Merriam-Webster online dictionary). By reducing social supports, the government is forcing the poverty class into more and more marginal existences..
Every person who goes to jail is negatively impacted.
On averages the poor experience some form of stigma.
When a person is sent to a penal institution, their life, and that of their families is disrupted.
They may lose their job or home.
If they have children they may be apprehended by Children's Aid or may lose custody altogether.
Incarceration leads to a person being ostracized by their communities when they return to them, and as a result, they may lose the support of their communities and any future chance of social advancement and employment.
The actual cost to pursue this course of action is enormous not just in the dollar amount but the emotional and spiritual impact on the people charged with such crimes.
YOU PAY FOR IT.. That’s Right You the Taxpayer are on the hook because of mismanagement by elected officials and the bureaucratic rogues …is this good governance?
All this because a politician with the stroke of a pen changes the rules….
SOURCE IS PROVIDED
Malnutrition and poverty on Health Canada information is very small
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