That’s horrible. Sorry to hear that.

I have multiple family members who struggled acquiring doctor’s appointments for health issues, which in turn delays treatment for issues that are time-sensitive.

A decade ago, my doctor in Canada told me (in two different appointments over several months) to ignore a dark bump on my face because it would cause an unsightly scar to biopsy it, and he wanted to observe if it would grow in size first before doing anything. I said fuck that guy and went to a specialist in the US, who identified it as a tumor / cancer and told me to operate right away.

It’s no wonder why some people leave their home country to go elsewhere for treatment.