My sister was very fortunate to get access to all the medical treatment immediately. In UK we jokingly have something called the NHS postcode lottery. NHS being the National Health Service and postcode being the zip/area code. Sadly the service can vary depending on where you live due to budgets and resources, population and how the hospitals are generally run. Big cities are often worse due to resource restrictions and my cousin lived in a big city compared to my sister in law who lived in a more rural area.