My wife passed away after a six-year-long battle against two things: a very aggressive form of breast cancer, and the Canadian medical system. The first battle is now over: We lost. The second battle will continue as I fight on her behalf, and on behalf of patients like her.
I wish to thank OHIP and all the doctors – Canadian, American, and Chinese – who helped treat her. Nevertheless, my goal in this article is to inform people that our medical system has major problems. I have no statistical data, political bias, or medical education. I will not use any second-hand information to support my argument. Everything I write is based on my personal experiences with different medical institutions and systems around the world: the Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the University of Maryland Medical Center, and medical facilities in Buffalo, Detroit, Arizona, Beijing, and Hong Kong.
When Canadians encounter a major health problem, like cancer, our current medical system has the potential to become an insurmountable obstacle standing between our disease and the most advanced treatments. Sometimes, this is a matter of life and death. In my wife's case, it was that, and more: It was the difference between seeing our daughter grow up to be six years old – or only three.
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