Canadians

[stunned1]

I live in Toronto and have used 2 places for products. One is Vital Aire in Mississauga which supplies RESMED products and the other is Medigas in Markham which provides Respironics products.

[LindaLi]

Hello
Every canadian fellows, please help me. My momy is foreign. We live in Kingston. Anyone know how to get a sleeping doctor to have a check for her?

[Popinka]

Hi there, I just did a search and found the following clinics in Kingston: Do you have an OHIP card?

Kingston General Hospital
Sleep Disorders Laboratory
Kingston General Hospital
76 Stuart Street
Kingston, Ontario K7L 2V7
Phone: (613) 548-3232 ext. 3347/6052
Fax: (613) 549-1459
Contact person
Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick
Medical Director
Phone: (613) 533-6829
Fax: (613) 549-1459
e-mail: mf19@post.queensu.ca
website: http://www.kgh.on.ca/kgh/SLEEP/sleep_home.htm

Sleep Medicine Laboratory
235 Brock Street, Suite 1
Kingston, ON K7L 1S3
Tel. (613) 547-9172
Fax. (905) 547-9910
Medical Director
Dr. John B. Carlile
Contact Person
Dr. John Carlile
Email: john@softlight.ca

[Clownshow]

Hi! I a canuck! I'm from Toronto and have been on a cpap for over a year now.

I was reffered to RestAssure Inc. of Woodbridge Ontario. http://www.restassure.ca by Dr. Bain of the Toronto East General Sleep Clinic.

Dealing with RestAssure Inc. was NOT a good experience.

[Guest]

where can i repair my cpap machine from vital aire in canada
Dr C Mukherjee
4167860318

[Gidgie]

Medigas in Prince George is my supplier.......nearest but not necessarily dearest.......service is good.......prices not. Soaking up some good information here........Gidgie....somewhere north of Prince George, B.C.......right.....up here in the sticks with a zillion zillion mosquitos and blackflies and no-see-ums for company.......

[steview]

I live in Toronto, and have been on CPAP for about a month. Praxair had an office right outside the sleep lab, and I just walked into it after the sleep doc. gave me my script. I didn't know anything about CPAP, etc. They sold me a Fisher & Paykel 604 with humidifier, and a ComfortClassic mask for about 1300.00. Ohip paid 780.00 and insurance paid the rest. I have to say that so far I have been quite successful with this setup, after a few days of adjustments on the mask, & I haven't slept so soundly in years. And my wife doesn't miss the snoring! Tonight, I'm going for the follow-up study (with machine) and it will be interesting to see if any adjustments are made to the pressure. My pressure is 7CM and I ramp up to it, since I find it hard to breathe against it to begin with, but OK once I'm asleep. I wonder what will happen if I need an APAP or Bi-Pap - if Praxair will take back this machine. I still think I was over-charged, but I guess they think the gov't can afford it. I'll keep u posted.

Steve.

[snoregirl]

I am not in Canada, but had to stick my nose in here. I have lived in a US boarder town though and pass through your lovely country annually (NY to Michigan to see family).

You don't need someone to change the pressure on a machine. Do it yourself. If the doctor orders a pressure change, take the prescription and say ok. Then go home and make the change. Very easy on most machines. Far easier than programming my VCR for a show I will have to miss on TV.

As for service. I know that there are travel issues for those of you in places like Toronto (quite a ways to the US around the lake) but depending on the amount of insurance coverage you have you may be able to buy 2 machines (one back up) for the prices some of you folks are kicking around. Others I notice seem to have coverage that makes the Canadian DME prices for a machine comparable to Cpap.com prices. I believe Cpap.com services (or at least honors the warrenty). Depending on whether you have friends in the US or have a postal box it might be something to look into.

Cpap.com's web site states that it takes foreign prescriptions, but has limitations on some shipping (Resmed to Canada is one I have seen).

[Darth Vader Look]

I would suggest that if you want your xPAP machine fixed, contact the manufacturer of the machine and see if they have a repair depot or a subcontractor shop that does their work for them close by to you.