A Montreal man died one day after he posted on social media about giving up waiting at the hospital for medical attention.
Adam Burgoyne, 39, passed away on Dec. 6. According to his obituary, he died of an aneurysm.
Burgoyne Posted About Suffering a ‘Health Scare,’ Giving Up After Being Made to Wait 6 Hours In the Waiting Room
“Had a bit of a health scare last night, but thankfully it wasn’t a heart attack,” Burgoyne said in a Dec. 5 post on the social media platform X that has since gone viral.
“Not sure what it was, though, because once they were sure I wasn’t dying I was thrown out into the waiting room.”
Six hours later, he gave up and went home.
“Canadian health care, folks,” Burgoyne said in his post. “Best in the world.”
Burgoyne even joked about the hospital staff having to shave part of his chest for an electrocardiogram test. “I feel like Samson …