Report: Injured Richardson on flight to US Press Writer Amy Luft, Associated Press Writer â Tue Mar 17, 4:07 pm ET AP â In this Oct. 10, 2007 file photo, actors Natasha Richardson, left, and Liam Neeson arrive at the Conde ⦠Slideshow:Actress Natasha Richardson Play Video Video:Natasha Richardson injured Reuters Play Video Video:Natasha Richardson in critical condition AP MONTREAL â Actress Natasha Richardson, critically injured in a skiing accident, was on a flight to the United States, Britain's Press Association news agency said Tuesday, quoting Sacre-Coeur Hospital. The report didn't say where in the U.S. the flight was headed. "According to the family's press agent, the lady has left Canada around 12:30 today," said Michelle Simard of the Sacre-Coeur hospital in a recorded message. "We have no information on Ms. Richardson's health condition, but the family should give more information by tomorrow." Richardson was hospitalized after falling during a private lesson on a beginners trail at the famed Mont Tremblant ski resort Monday. IrishCentral.com reported that the Tony Award-winning actress and wife of Liam Neeson suffered a head injury. Richardson, 45, is the elder daughter of Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave and the late director Tony Richardson, and belongs to a British acting dynasty. "We know that she has had an accident but we really do not know any more details," said Kika Markham, who is married to Richardson's uncle, Corin Redgrave. "We are very concerned." Mont Tremblant said Richardson fell on a beginners trail and later reported not feeling well. "She did not show any visible sign of injury but the ski patrol followed strict procedures and brought her back to the bottom of the slope and insisted she should see a doctor," said a statement from the resort, which is about 80 miles northwest of Montreal. The ski resort said the instructor and a ski patrol accompanied Richardson to her hotel, where they again recommended she should be seen by a doctor. Mont Tremblant spokeswoman Catherine Lacasse said Richardson said she was fine at first. "An hour later she said she didn't feel well. She had a headache, so we sent her to the hospital," Lacasse said. "There were no signs of impact and no blood, nothing." An ambulance was called and Richardson was brought to the Centre Hospitalier Laurentien in Ste-Agathe and was later transferred to Hopital du Sacre-Coeur in Montreal. Producers confirmed that Richardson's husband, Liam Neeson, immediately left the Toronto set of his upcoming movie, "Chloe," for Montreal, a publicist for the film said in an e-mail. Richardson's films include "Gothic," "A Month in the Country," "Nell" â in which she appeared with her future husband â "The Parent Trap" and "Maid in Manhattan." Trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, Richardson has had extensive stage experience in the West End and Broadway. She won a Tony Award in 1998 for playing Sally Bowles in "Cabaret." Her maternal grandparents were the actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, and her uncle Corin and aunt Lynn Redgrave are also both actors. Sister Joely Richardson is also an actress, best known for starring in the TV series "Nip/Tuck." In January, Richardson and her mother played the roles of mother and daughter in a one-night benefit concert version of "A Little Night Music," the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical, at Studio 54 in New York. She married Neeson in 1994, and the couple have two sons. ___
I'm not sure what this has to do with social medicine. It seems to me that what has happened to Ms. Richardson is a very sad event, but one that would have happened in a similar situation regardless of where it had occured.
Yup....looking forward to the day when we can't wait six months for an appointment and will have no choice but to head for Mexico to get that pesky malignant tumor taken care of.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090321/ap_on_re_us/natasha_richardson/print she was at the wrong place. thisis what Obama will bring to the US>
Here is the issue with socialized medicine. It removes the option of extravagant care. This is where the cost of a treatment is too expensive it can't be offered to everyone so instead it is offered to none. Good example: helicopters. NEW YORK â As a steady stream of celebrities pay their last respects to Natasha Richardson, questions are arising over whether a medical helicopter might have been able to save the ailing actress. The province of Quebec lacks a medical helicopter system, common in the United States