Hi again, thanks for writing. No, the whole country is in the same boat. Once you get the care you need, it is top notch. but, for instance, my city has one hospital and it does not have a cath lab, so all cardio procedures ( for the whole of Vancouver Island ) are normally handled in Victoria which is a two hour drive from me. I've had annual echos for seven years. They have to wait for the stenosis to reach severe before they do anything about it... I'm almost 74yrs. old....anyway....If I ended up in emerge because of a sudden issue, I'd be airlifted to Victoria or Vancouver immediately and cared for. If your name suggests where you live, I hope you are surviving the heat wave!