TED Talk: Allison Hunt gets a new hip

In this talk Allison Hunt talks about how she has to get a new hip. Her hip had been hurting her for years, so she finally decided to go to the doctor. Her doctor talk her to wait 10 months and then come back. Allison waited ten months and when she went to the doctor again, he told her that she was going to get a new hip. Her doctor told her that she would have to wait 18 months before she could get it. Allison's hip had been hurting for a long time and she didn't want to wait that long.

In the beginning of the talk she says that she is Canadian and that she is the youngest of 7 children. In Canada the youngest never gets to do anything first. She wanted to change that because she did not want to wait 18 months to get a new hip. One day while she was walking through the lobby of the hospital, she saw a sign in the gift shop that said "volunteers needed." She was signed up and soon enough she was getting her new hip. Her epiphany is "even when a canadian cheats the system, they do it in a way that benefits society."