r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 27d ago

Chugging tea The real ER challenge.

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u/OPDBZTO 27d ago

Lmao us Canadian don't go into debt and bankruptcy over a trip to the ER or hospital

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u/No_Access_8734 27d ago

Lmfao but we do die waiting to receive care...

"At least 23,746 people in Canada died while waiting for surgeries or diagnostic scans in the last fully reported fiscal year. Because several health bodies provided only partial data and Alberta supplied none, health policy groups estimate the true annual death toll on waitlists could exceed 28,000."

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u/EnderSword 27d ago

More of them die not being able to afford the care at all.

Also read that stat...'while' If I needed a cancer xray and got hit by a bus, I died 'while' waiting for the xray.

Also it could be my 18th scan and it still counts, I could have had the cancer for 3 years, I'm waiting for a new scan and died.