As Wesley Smith points out in his books, people in the USA have called 9-1-1 from their hospital beds to get necessary medical attention. It's not just Canada.
A 70+ year old friend of mine was driving in Brantford Ontario when he realized he was having a heart attack. He drove to the hospital parking lot and leaned on the horn. Less than 5 minutes later he was flat on his back in the ER. He's still with the living although this summer he was told to cut back on his tennis. To 3 afternoons a week.
There is no excuse for the BC incident to happen. And if you look close chances are it's a union thing and location of the patient deciding responsibility.
Got nothing to do with medicine.