My dad could still be alive, but he's not

Toronto healthcare generally is quite below the bar. When I moved here 5 years ago, I was told that hospitals are short staffed, ambulances have significant delays, and when you do finally get care you are rushed through the system.

Fortunately I only had one encounter with a situation requiring ambulance (and subsequent hospital visit). Ambulance arrived in about 10 minutes, triaging before seeing a medical professional took hours. There were no rooms so I was kept in a hospital bed in the hallway along with other patients but with some monitoring.

Now to be fair - this was during Covid which understandably put pressure on medical resourcing.