Montreal man, 39, dies from aneurysm after giving up on six-hour wait at ER

'Had a bit of a health scare last night, but thankfully it wasn’t a heart attack,' Adam Burgoyne said in a Dec. 5 post on social media. He died the next day

A Montreal man died one day after he posted on social media about giving up waiting at the hospital for medical attention.

Adam Burgoyne, 39, passed away on Dec. 6. According to his obituary, he died of an aneurysm.

“Had a bit of a health scare last night, but thankfully it wasn’t a heart attack,” Burgoyne said in a Dec. 5 post on the social media platform X that has been viewed 12 million times.

“Not sure what it was, though, because once they were sure I wasn’t dying I was thrown out into the waiting room.”

Six hours later, he gave up and went home.

“Canadian health care, folks,” Burgoyne said in his post.

“Best in the world.”