[Eva]

You're lucky it was only a fish hook, the WSJ ran an article about the inadequacies of the Canadian health care system that said referrals to a specialist, including the oncologist, could take up to six months.

[3catsanadog]

My sister works for a non-profit information agency that provides support to people with intestinal diseases.

She got a call from some gal in Canada and they talked a bit about her problems and symptoms. My sister said she'd send their information packets and then suggested she set up an appointment with her gastroendinolist.

Canada girl said she had been to see him and could only see him once a year because of their health system.

[Straight Vermonter]

The entire city of Montreal (almost 2M people) has a grand total of one "official" MRI machine. The government turns a blind eye to illegal operators of MRIs because obviously they can't get by with only one machine.