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

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367 points DustinEchoes | 2 comments | 13 Nov 25 02:17 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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anonymousiam ◴[13 Nov 25 04:01 UTC] No.45910458[source]▶
The post mentions Toronto, so I'm going to assume that the publicly funded Canadian health care system bears some responsibility for the sad outcome.
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1. drgo ◴[13 Nov 25 04:17 UTC] No.45910565[source]▶
Yes. If emergency services were run by a private company, like airlines for example, they will never ever be 30 minutes late!
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2. pas ◴[13 Nov 25 06:13 UTC] No.45911339[source]▶
that's not exactly fair, air travel is very well optimized for safety and costs, not for availability and latency (and cost in public systems)