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I was shocked to hear an interview on Ontario Today. Rita Celli was speaking with Michael Schmidt, who has been convicted of contempt of court. Why is our CBC giving time to this man? Is CBC advocating that we promote consumption of raw milk?
The next story covered an issue about health care. There was some irony in this.

We risk contracting many diseases by consuming raw milk. A Harvey’s restaurant in North Bay has been accused of giving 159 patients E. coli. A horrible, worse than flu-like symptoms, and we all know how bad THOSE can be...

E. coli exists in the intestines of animals and poultry; it can spread through undercooked meat or raw unpasteurized milk and apple cider or raw fruits and vegetables. It is a huge issue.
Listeriosis, another risk in raw milk, just struck down a number of South Ontarians in a big scare, recall and debacle. Those most at risk are the young and the very old.

What shocked me more was that in the next story Ms. Celli then spoke to a representative from the College of Physicians and Surgeons to speak about family physicians (FP) acting as cosmetic surgeons suing the College for interfering with their right as physicians to do cosmetic surgery without the right credentials.

The CPSO site says,

“Although the term ‘cosmetic surgery’ is widely used, there is no such specialty designation by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada”

This is one of the big holes in our system. This governing body has obligations.
We need preventative medicine, as well as preventive surgery. We need to prevent physicians from flaunting the rules, and going against the College of Physicians conclusions designed to protect all of us. I wrote about second opinions in a different post. It, too, is a big issue. I would rather we get good first opinions. would rather we didn't let incompetent physicians from tarnishing the image of the great doctors out there.