[itishappy]

> For the years that i was living in Ontario there were only 3 MRI machines across the entire province.

Jesus. I've got more MRI machines than that within walking distance of my house.

It does seem to have improved significantly, as in 2020 Ontario had 124 (which made it the best provisioned province at the time). When were you there?

https://www.statista.com/statistics/821422/number-of-mri-uni...

[busterarm]

Early 2000s. When I left in 2003 there were 5 and then they had a few years where they added 20-25 per year.

CT scans were bad too. Everyone I knew just drove to New York to get diagnostic scan and dental work done at the time.

But even then: Ontario has 15 million people and 124 machines? NYC has 8 million residents and 470 machines.

[carbine]

Do those machines operate 24/7? I'm Canadian and get regular (publicly funded) MRIs as part of my healthcare needs and they always happen on time, and close to home. Zero issues. Sometimes you get appointments at weird hours but that's because they run them constantly.

We could definitely use more and our healthcare system could definitely use serious improvements, but the way it's talked about amongst Americans often seems a little divorced from reality.