23,746 Patients Died on Waitlists in Past Year
by Bender on 12/11/2025, 9:45:03 PM
https://secondstreet.org/2025/11/26/23746-patients-died-on-waitlists-in-past-year/
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by: xnx
[Canada]<p>"Died on waitlists" != died from not having the procedure they were waiting for<p>> while waiting for surgeries <i>or diagnostic scans</i>.
12/11/2025, 10:41:06 PM
by: pjdkoch
Tangentially related (because oversubscription): <a href="https://www.euronews.com/health/2025/10/22/hospital-crises-lead-to-surge-in-ambulance-births-in-portugal" rel="nofollow">https://www.euronews.com/health/2025/10/22/hospital-crises-l...</a>
12/11/2025, 10:38:37 PM
by: bgirard
This includes people on a waitlist for hip operations. Are those life-threatening?
12/11/2025, 10:37:31 PM
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12/11/2025, 10:26:09 PM
by: KittenInABox
How does this compare to other counties with first world healthcare? This raw number means nothing to me because I can't tell if it's even particularly bad statistically.
12/11/2025, 10:26:37 PM
by: aj7
Notice that this makes great sense macroeconomically. So you are warned: you will get the healthcare you demand, in addition to that which you pay for. And a certain amount of gaming of the healthcare system is always required. One further note. The more serious your condition the more likely for (1) doctor mistakes and oversights (2) omitted treatments. This requires vigilance and manual correction by you.
12/11/2025, 10:32:31 PM
by: netsharc
... In Canada.<p>The website is of a "free market think tank", which other project is a video series called "Survivors of Socialism". Yeah.<p>I guess this is inducing a genetic fallacy, the number might be accurate anyway, but here's the salt.<p>Edit to add: OK, here's one sample report from their own FOI: <a href="https://secondstreet.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/BC-%E2%80%93-DOWL-%E2%80%93-Interior-Health-Surgery-%E2%80%93-2025.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://secondstreet.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/BC-%E2%8...</a><p>86 people died while waiting for a cataract operation, 17 people died while waiting for a knee operation... OMG, Canadian healthcare is deathly terrible!!!
12/11/2025, 10:30:17 PM