Our good friend’s husband died waiting a year and a half for a type of heart surgery that would have been taken care of over here in a week. He was in his mid 60s so that put him way down the list for people that they feel are worthy of attention.
Meanwhile, here in the US, a year ago my wife developed symptoms of appendicitis. When she told her primary doc how she was feeling over the phone, he said to go to the ER. When I took her there, she was in a bed having tests taken within minutes of arrival, and had the surgery within hours.
I personally knew two people who were hired to “headquarters” from Canada, hauled off in ambulances, and within hours had heart surgery. This happened at TWO different companies that I had worked for. That was, of course, in the days when companies had a “heart”...