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In the past few months, the worsening situation of Canadian healthcare has come into the spotlight. Patients have revealed incidents of finding it difficult to come in contact with a general physician, much less a specialist, even leading to the death of many.
Now, an Indian-origin man has revealed just how difficult the situation was for him to move back to India in order to find help for his physical health. Sahil Peris, singer, content creator and a former consultant at Deloitte took to Instagram to share a video on why he left Canada to move to India. Peris revealed that he moved to Canada five years ago as he was accepted into the country's top MBA program at Ivey Business School.
"I have a permanent residency in Canada and I still choose to live in India, and I'll tell you why," he began. He revealed he had a high-paying job and a beautiful apartment in the middle of Toronto, and "life seemed perfect but it wasn't."Peris said a tragedy happened to him in the last month of his MBA when he injured his neck and was in pain "every day", but Canada's healthcare system was "just not helpful." He detailed that in Canada, one can not see a spine specialist directly and has to reach out to a general physician first, who then recommends you to a specialist.
"It took me months to find a general doctor and even when I found one, he refused to refer me to a specialist. He said Sahil you are not crawling on the floor with pain," shared Peris. He said the extreme shortage of doctors in Canada made it difficult to get help unless one was "dying in pain." While housework and life in Canada became difficult, Peris surrendered to moving to India, where he found help from family. Over the past 2 years, there has been an improvement in his health.
"Healthcare seems like a small factor until it actually impacts you, so if you are considering moving countries, then please make sure that you have good healthcare wherever you move," he advised.
In the caption he detailed that he contacted at least 10 general doctors in Toronto who refused to register him and refer him to a specialist. It was only in India that he had an MRI and found that he had a slipped disc in his neck.
Peris' post sparked a fiery debate on social media with some users defending Canada's healthcare and others sharing their own grievances. "Why did you take permanent residency if you don’t like it? Please give it up and remain in your country," one called out. "20 years in Canada 🇨🇦 and I have never ever faced any issues in clinic or hospital," claimed another. "Had a similar bad experience and had to go to India to get treated.
Almost died because of negligence in Canada. It's unfortunate but true," one user shared. "Canada's healthcare is not at all timely," added another.From nurses to family doctors, Canada has been facing a shortage in numerous areas of healthcare. According to a 2025 federal report, the country's labour market is short of nearly 23,000 family doctors while a whopping 42,045 nursing vacancies were reported in the country in the second half of 2024. While the government works to improve the facilities, cases such as these highlight the urgent attention required on vital sectors like healthcare, on which the population depends.
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