A Nova Scotia woman says her mother-in-law died after she left an emergency room where she waited for seven hours before giving up.
“I did not think I would be sitting in this chair yesterday morning, advocating potentially for better health care,” said Katherine Snow from Port Caledonia in Cape Breton.
Snow’s mother-in-law, Charlene, arrived at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital in the early afternoon of Dec. 30, 2022 with “intense jaw pain” and flu-like symptoms.
Snow said Charlene had been ill in bed for days, and having heard of overcrowded hospitals in the past weeks, she didn’t want to endure the wait times.
Nonetheless, she “mustered up the energy to go” that Friday.
The 67-year-old woman waited seven hours before giving up and calling her husband, Freddie, for a drive home, Snow said.
“It just became too uncomfortable for her,” she said. “She decided that she would leave and try her luck at the local outpatient clinic the next morning.“
Charlene didn’t make it to the next morning; Her heart stopped just an hour after leaving the hospital.
Skye Bryden-Blom reports.
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