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Canadian Healthcare

I am a Canadian who, twice, had to seek out services in the U.S that weren't readily available in Canada
While our hospitals save lives every day, they are also the third leading cause of avoidable death every year. In Canada, medical errors and hospital-acquired infections claim between 30,000 and 60,000 lives annually. Thousands more are injured. But to the public, these incidents are largely invisible.