By Brenda
Pearce, RN
Canada, a
vast and beautiful country; a proud country strong and free filled with people
of all walks of life and cultural backgrounds, united from sea to sea in
universal healthcare; a tapestry of health and wellness, illness and disease
within a balance of healthcare and wellbeing. Not something to take for
granted, but to make stronger with our input.
It starts
with each and every one of us. No matter how powerful or how vocal or how
concerned, we all have a role to play in keeping our Universal Healthcare
system at the forefront of the world's leadership in healthcare. But... sadly
we are ranked 30th in the world with Greece, a bankrupt nation, ranking higher.
France is the proclaimed leader for 2014 by the World Health Organization (WHO)
and the USA, the superpower of democracy, lags behind us at 37.
Something is
not working. In a time when Aboriginal parents need to go to court in order to
treat their children with traditional remedies in the face of a medical
oligarchy, our one size fits all healthcare system is not working. When people
with the religious belief of non-blood transfusion are criminally chastised for
their religious beliefs in a free country, not truly able to have the freedom
of their beliefs in the eyes of the medical god, something is flawed in the
land of the free.
Where we are
taxed at every level and on everything except the air that we breathe, it is
time to take a breath. It is time to think. It is time for change. Are you
ready for change?
In a model
of healthcare where our Medical Doctor's no longer swear the Hippocratic Oath,
in which food and nutrition rank as the first line of defense and lobbying by
the various food processors has led to a food pyramid swayed by money rather
than science, we are a sick society. Just look around at the various levels of
obesity, and the industry that has come from praying on illness, or the
heartstrings like cancer. One has to only wonder, why?
PRIM is a Grassroots Movement that was started by a group of patients who personally benefitted from the treatment of a brave group of groundbreaking medical doctors who have suffered peer rebuttal for even writing about sugar being a dietary disaster, only to find out that the sugar industry sponsors our medical system. They see the combining of therapies as more effective than having just cut, maim, burn and drugs as tools in their belts. They see a medical system in dire need to change from what is not working as a whole to one of greater satisfaction and outcomes by combining integrative approaches.
Integrative
medicine is not an either/or, one size fits all medical model. It embraces
healthy nutrition and complementary practices like biofield therapy, hypnosis,
acupuncture and much, much more as part of a wellness model and not a disease
management model. Sure, there is a role for surgery and medications, but they
are part of the model, and not the model.
Even the CNA
(Canadian Nurses Association) wrote a position paper that speaks to this model,
'Towards 2020', published in 2006. It is now 2015 and cancer is evolving ever faster
now, Diabetes is more rampant than ever and we are no closer to a wellness
model than we were in 2006. We should not fear the next medical pandemic. Nor
should we be ostracized for our own beliefs, or for making informed choices in
our own wellbeing. More and more Canadians are becoming savvy consumers of
integrative approaches, but often outside of their Medical Doctor’s knowledge
or consent, yet benefiting from these approaches.
The PRIM
Grassroots Movement is being led by people like you and I; people who want change,
a better life outcome and want a better, healthier world for ourselves, our
children and our parents. We as Canadians have a fundamental right to a
healthier life.
How can you
get involved?
BECOME A
COMMUNITY LEADER
PRIM is
seeking Community Leaders from across Canada to join in making PRIM visible in
every region, Province and Territory. We are seeking to make this grassroots
movement burn like a prairie fire for change, touching the heart of every
Canadian.
With a
Federal Election coming this October, we need to make a stand. A revolution in
our healthcare is needed like NEVER before and together we can ignite this from
the grassroots up.
If you are
willing to become a PRIM Community Leader and advocate for a new integrative medical
model, please contact David Carmichael at david@peoplesrim.org.
