Well this news really comes as no surprise. Since my
obtuse case manager is still the totally incompetent, uneducated do-nothing is once again Colleen Bamford. She must be a finalist in the "Extreme Maltreatment of Claimants" contest at the
WCB Alberta. Given her past trophies.
It is then without any surprise that my claims manager Colleen Bamford turns down my
doctor ordered
CT and
MRI scans. Funny I don't recall a MD being in front of her name, huh! Hello, It is
incumbent upon you to forward medical needs to a medical panel. This is not even a surprising development in my case, because it is just another abuse by the
Alberta WCB. A woman who refused to return my phone calls last year, including her superviser Trevor Dill doing the same. Then as a final insult, she changed her phone number and then proceeded to tell my doctor that my file was closed.
Really at the core of this issue of disputes with
WCB Alberta, is the fact that any of these issues can be resolved swiftly and efficiently with a simple "Phone call". In addition this means that includes a phone call to my physician if you have any questions whatsoever about my file.
But we all know that that is not their goal, their goal is to bury you in paperwork 10 ft. deep.
I can not bear these "
MIND GAMES" that the
WCB Alberta has initiated to deny a disabled worker any benefits.
It is just one of their demoralizing tactics not to pay out serious injuries.
This was immediately after my doctor had referred me to the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. This continents' leading health facility, with a century of treating serious injuries such as mine for a population more than 10 times our size. The origins of the Mayo Clinic and the country it serves speak for themselves in complete overall Medical expertise. I have written my case manager and outlined the fact that I wanted my "IME" (
Independent Medical Examination) performed at the
MAYO Clinic in Rochester MN.
While this may not seem important or significant, the fact of the matter is that the IME for a serious spinal injury is critically important. This examination is not complete without consulting with a spinal surgeon, a
nuerologist and a series of explicit scans. This is to establish base point data to work from in the future, since complications from this injury will haunt me for years. Without this comprehensive IME, the
WCB Alberta will just flat out deny any future medical responsibility, when my condition worsens.
My Case Manager Colleen Bamford refuses to buy me a bed. The single most fundamentally important piece of furniture for a serious back injury and Colleen turned me down flat. Good job Colleen, kick any small pets today?
In addition the Mayo Clinic will be able to diagnose my current condition, and apply the very latest in technological advances in spinal
medicine. When the Mayo is done they will provide a long term prognosis with a comprehensive, up to date long term treatment plan for the future.
The Mayo Clinic will not hold a bogus court of medical fools like they do at the Millard Center, and then call that a proper IME. The Millard Center has done this to numerous of my friends in the past and then they proceeded to send them back to work no matter how injured, with no pension and no long term treatment plan. These people are partially disabled and they ended up without any pension whatsoever for the Permanent Impairments they have suffered.
Here is the link:
CLINICAL LEVEL OF IMPAIRMENT GUIDE for
WCB Alberta
I am a disabled worker as a result of landing flat on my back and breaking my back. And being disabled as a result of this fall. I am now being supported by the
Taxpayers of Alberta on Welfare because the
WCB Alberta refuses to help in any way. A direct
fiduciary subordination, by the people entrusted by the government to financially and medically compensate seriously injured workers.
I can understand how undereducated persons at
WCB Alberta would misinterpret this
fiduciary Responsibility to mean that they should instead lie, cheat and steal funds intended for the financial, medical treatment, recovery and the well being of hard working seriously injured workers.
The C Bamford greed machine is in full gear. Bonuses for maltreating
McGillis. My God what has this province come to?