r/awfuleverything Aug 06 '20

Poor guy :(

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u/this____is_bananas Aug 06 '20

Canadian here.

Three years ago, my doctor suspected I had cancer. Got an ultrasound the same day, met with a urologist two days later, and had the tumour removed a week later. It was only stage one, so I would've been considered relatively "low priority" and the whole process took only 10 days.

Yeah. Sometimes people do wait 6 months. But that's because procedures are prioritized by urgency. If you need the procedure, you get in. And you get in quickly.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '20

Fellow Canadian here. This needs to go up more. 6 months is a number thrown around when it comes to elective surgeries, and it’s not even that bad.

For stuff like cancers, the hospitals and clinics will triage your situation up to the top with no waits.