Elon Musk Slams Canada’s Healthcare System After Indian-Origin Man Dies Waiting For Treatment

“When the government does medical care, it is about as good as the DMV,” Musk wrote on X (formerly Twitter) as he sought to compare healthcare systems run by government to Department of Motor Vehicles of the United States, which reportedly received criticism over being inefficient.

Musk made the remark while quoting a post that read the wife of the man “was told she was being rude after her husband died while waiting to be seen in the ER for over 8 hours with chest pain.”

The tragic incident happened earlier this week on Monday when 44-year-old Indian-origin man, Prashant Sreekumar, died after he reportedly had to wait for over eight hours before receiving treatment in a hospital in Canada's Edmonton. The man was repeatedly complaining of acute chest pain.