There are no easy answers. (slightly OT)

for the Canadian system. Overall, Canada has one of the best health care systems in the world. I know there are a lot of problems, and a lot of things could be better, and some people do slip through the cracks, but this is one of the best countries in the world to be sick.

It's dangerous to make generalizations based on one case. Because even with the best people working, and the best systems in place, and sometimes the absolute best care, mistakes will happen, things will be overlooked, or bad things will just happen, and people will get sick(er) and die.

I can't comment about either Measha's case or your family's RedM, but I do have to say as a bit of an aside that as a society, we seem to have developed an idea that doctors (and hospitals) are angels of mercy who should be perfect all the time and will wave magic wands of perfect care over each patient and there must automatically be a perfect recovery. Anything less is lawsuit-worthy.

But in reality, health and disease are random, chaotic entities, and health care delivery in the 21st century is an enormously complicated and stressful occupation (as opposed to 50 years ago where we didn't have nearly the same amount of things we could do to people to make them live longer; most of the time we could just make people comfortable while they lay around getting better or not). And people often confound us with their unexpected recovery or deterioration. And hospitals are horrible places to be, and sometimes people refuse to take care of themselves and end up with something horrible that they could have prevented. And sometimes doctors and nurses are so burnt and stressed out that they end up resenting their patients, and the patient feels as if they're not being taken seriously.

In general, I think one of the problem with Canadian Health Care, is the expectations of the Canadian public. We can't have the perfect health care system (without spending an enormous amount of money).

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*I am not a doctor, and any opinions I express on this forum are my opinions only, and should not be confused with real medical advice given by a licensed professional. If you are concerned about your medical condition, always see a doctor!