Posted on 06/08/2026 12:24:40 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
Roseanne Milburn, 61, of Winnipeg, had a routine procedure turn into an amputation โ not because the surgery failed, but because Canadaโs government-run system couldnโt find her a bed.
A surgeon at Winnipegโs 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 ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ, waiting for the system to make room.
As the video narrator put it: โ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ข, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ณ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ-๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ-๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฐ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข.โ By the time a bed opened, the wound had rotted past saving. The doctors told her the leg couldnโt be salvaged. On a Friday in December, Roseanne Milburn lost her ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ โ 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 ๐๐.๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ from a GP referral to actual treatment (Fraser Institute). For orthopedic surgery โ the exact category Milburn needed โ the median wait is ๐๐.๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ. 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 isnโt getting better. Itโs getting slower โ and the waiting list itself becomes the rationing mechanism. Defenders call it โ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆโ. It is not free. Roseanne Milburn paid for it. She paid with her leg. Every politician selling โ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ญ๐ญโ is selling this โ the bed that never opens, the specialist who never comes, the wound that turns black while a bureaucrat shuffles a list.
๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐๐.
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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.
Did they offer her a nice assisted suicide deluxe package since is now an invalid eh?
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.
Family member in California under Kaiser needs hip replacement and they told me they cannot even get in to see doctor for 5 monthsโฆ.
I personally know three people who had amputations due to infection after knee surgery. Family member, Church friend, acquaintance.
No. The democrap plan is actually much worse..
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?
The second hip...same scenario...13 business days I got some more titanium. I'm neither rich,famous nor powerful.
Canada IS a third-world country!
“”The article wants you to conclude she died because of the long wait.””
She didn’t die....
My bad. I should have written lost her leg. For some reason I was thinking of another very botched hospital case.
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?
Hospital For Special Surgery in New York City or Hackensack Meridian Hospital in Brick, NJ.
And if we fail to somehow replace our dickless Repugnant Kongresscreeps with God fearing patriots, the RATs are likely to succeed.
Tons of folks die waiting for an operation, at least she survived.
Always look at the bright side .... sigh.
Take it one step further: Has Canada imported specialists from South Asia?
Good thing she didnโt have ear surgery, they wouldโve decapitated her. She canโt sue, she doesnโt have a leg to stand on.
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