A health-care worker crosses a walkway at a hospital in Montreal in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Graham HughesCommentaryInternational headlines were made when 44-year-old Prashant Sreekumar died while waiting in an emergency room in an Edmonton hospital on Dec. 22, 2025. He had been experiencing chest pain and had allegedly waited over eight hours to see a doctor before passing away. Elon Musk responded to the incident by posting on X: “When the government does medical care, it is about as good as the DMV [Department of Motor Vehicles].” Musk makes a valid point. However, it has infuriated some defenders of the Canadian system.
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