Mr. Speaker, what a refreshing change to actually have a non-attack. That is a very legitimate question and one which I appreciate.
Since I did tonsillectomies on my own in a public facility, I know that the complication rate is somewhere around 1%. Of 100 tonsillectomies, one of them will bleed and require the trip to the major facility the member talks about.
Would I then do the 100 in the $1,000 or $1,500 a day facility? Not a chance. I would do the 100 in the $150 a day facility and for the complication would go to the big major public facility. Surely the math is not tough to figure out. They are both being covered by public funds. They are not being covered by private funds because a tonsillectomy is an insured service under medicare.
It would be a very legitimate concern if there were 99 coming from the one facility and plugging up the major facility. Surely the 99 that would be done outside the major hospital would open up beds that are not currently opened up.
I thank the hon. member for what I consider to be a constructive, eyeball to eyeball comment. It is refreshing and a treat to get.