𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐄. 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐀 𝐋𝐄𝐆. 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 “𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄” 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐒

M.A. Rothman's FB page ^ | 6/8/2026 | M.A. Rothman

[Republican Wildcat]

Roseanne Milburn, 61, of Winnipeg, had a routine procedure turn into an amputation — not because the surgery failed, but because Canada’s government-run system couldn’t find her a bed.

A surgeon at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre removed dead tissue from her knee, then sent her to Concordia Hospital with the plan to bring her back that same day so a specialist could stitch the wound (CBC News). She was never brought back.

There was no bed at HSC. So she sat at Concordia with an 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, waiting for the system to make room.

As the video narrator put it: “𝘌𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘶𝘣𝘢, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘳-𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥-𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘕𝘰, 𝘯𝘰, 𝘯𝘰, 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢.” By the time a bed opened, the wound had rotted past saving. The doctors told her the leg couldn’t be salvaged. On a Friday in December, Roseanne Milburn lost her 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐠 — over a missing hospital bed. This is not a freak accident. It is the predictable output of a system that rations care by making people wait.

In 2025, the median Canadian waited 𝟐𝟖.𝟔 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 from a GP referral to actual treatment (Fraser Institute). For orthopedic surgery — the exact category Milburn needed — the median wait is 𝟒𝟖.𝟔 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬. Nearly a full year. By design.

That is 222 percent longer than the 9.3-week wait Canadians faced in 1993 (Fraser Institute). The system isn’t getting better. It’s getting slower — and the waiting list itself becomes the rationing mechanism. Defenders call it “𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦”. It is not free. Roseanne Milburn paid for it. She paid with her leg. Every politician selling “𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘭” is selling this — the bed that never opens, the specialist who never comes, the wound that turns black while a bureaucrat shuffles a list.

𝐀 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: canada; freehealthcare; healthcare; healthcaretruth; liberaltruth; socialisedmedicine; universalhealthcare

[MtnClimber]

I’m sure when the system fails it will be taking both the Democrats and the GOP with it - because the cause of the system failure is shared equally between them.

I agree. The democRATs passed 0bamacare. The Republican RINOs have failed to fix it even though it doubled health insurance prices. And there were problems before 0bamacare and neither party acted to fix it either. My family are all in the medical field except for myself (electrical engineer) and my father {MBA). I can see the problems even though I have never had health problems. I see it all around me.

[jmaroneps37]

Did they offer her a nice assisted suicide deluxe package since is now an invalid eh?

[roving]

One of the best decisions I made was serving in the Navy. The VA clinic and hospital treat me excellently. My VA hospital is in Madison, Wisconsin.

[Reddy]

Family member in California under Kaiser needs hip replacement and they told me they cannot even get in to see doctor for 5 months….

[Reddy]

I personally know three people who had amputations due to infection after knee surgery. Family member, Church friend, acquaintance.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

No. The democrap plan is actually much worse..

[Gay State Conservative]

IMO the biggest drawback of Canada's health care system is the waiting lists. A six month wait to see a cancer specialist. A three month wait to see a heart surgeon. A wait of almost a year for a hip replacement. There's not a country on earth that has a health care system that's even close to perfect.

A few years back my 35 year old niece developed shortness of breath. Her doctor (in a hospital in a medium sized town) didn't seem particularly concerned. We sought a second opinion from a senior cardiologist at a major Boston hospital. Long story short: she was taken to Boston the next day and a heart procedure was attempted the next day. It failed because the damage was too far advanced. The next day she was having open heart surgery.

What might have happened to her under Canada's system?

[Gay State Conservative]

I've had both my hips done. The first one was in 2008...the second in 2017. I had both of them done in a major Boston hospital. About 11 business day after calling the surgeon regarding the first hip I was in the recovery room of that major hospital...sporting some new titanium

The second hip...same scenario...13 business days I got some more titanium. I'm neither rich,famous nor powerful.

[Fresh Wind]

Canada IS a third-world country!

[Paal Gulli]

[Thank You Rush]

“”The article wants you to conclude she died because of the long wait.””

She didn’t die....

[lastchance]

My bad. I should have written lost her leg. For some reason I was thinking of another very botched hospital case.

[hecticskeptic]

Asking for a friend in Canada....

I have a friend in Ontario who was told a few years ago that he should get knee replacement surgery (both knees). He now recognizes that the long wait means that he should look south of the border to get it done. Does anyone have strong recommendations on where he should go to get it done and what sort of cost is he looking at? I’m assuming the budget on cost is likely in the $50,000 range, no?

[jmacusa]

In the hospital I worked in ER nurses and ‘’techs’’ (’’nurses aides’’) routinely stitched wounds. No trick to it really if you're trained.

[jmacusa]

Hospital For Special Surgery in New York City or Hackensack Meridian Hospital in Brick, NJ.

[LouAvul]

Yep. They've already accomplished the murder of the unborn. Now they're clamoring for socialized medicine. After that it will be involuntary euthanasia for the elderly and infirmed (of all ages).

And if we fail to somehow replace our dickless Repugnant Kongresscreeps with God fearing patriots, the RATs are likely to succeed.

[Colt1851Navy]

Tons of folks die waiting for an operation, at least she survived.

[Jane Long]

Always look at the bright side .... sigh.

[bobcat62]

Take it one step further: Has Canada imported specialists from South Asia?

[drypowder]

Good thing she didn’t have ear surgery, they would’ve decapitated her. She can’t sue, she doesn’t have a leg to stand on.