'They never called us': Quebec woman says husband died while on wait list for heart surgery
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The number of Quebecers waiting for certain types of surgeries has reached a record high, and one Montreal woman says the long wait cost her husband his life.
The number of Quebecers waiting for certain types of surgeries has reached a record high, and one Montreal woman says the long wait cost her husband his life.
Sandra Pedersen said the Christmas tree is up for her six grandsons, but she isn't celebrating this year. She's still mourning her husband, Antonio Maggio, a man she describes as the life of the party.
He fought cancer for over 20 years, going through three rounds of chemo and beating it, only to die last month waiting for heart surgery.
"They will call us, they will call us, they will call us ... they never called us," Pedersen recalled in an interview with CTV News.
Maggio was diagnosed with congestive heart failure two years ago and needed an aortic valve replacement at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). The longer he waited, the more his condition worsened.
"He was at home, he was weak, he was discouraged waiting by the phone. Never happened. The phone never rang," his widow said in an interview with CTV News.
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