‘Enough is enough’: Moncton, NB rally calls for action on ER postmortem healthcare – New Brunswick
A beloved member of Moncton’s Muslim community died while awaiting treatment at Moncton Hospital ER as a rally calling for improvements to New Brunswick’s health care system was held on Saturday.
The Moncton Muslim Association organized a protest outside the hospital on Saturday, calling on the state to improve its strained health care system.
Those who attended the rally described the man, who had been identified as having MS, as an active member of the association and a kind person who would help anyone who asked.
Abdul Khan, who attended Saturday’s rally, said he was a longtime friend of MS, leaving him with five children.
“He was family oriented and very kind,” Khan said. “Smiling all the time. Honestly, I’ve known him for 15 years, or he’s almost 20 years, and I’ve never seen him not smiling. What a nice guy.”
“People are dying”
The Moncton Muslim Association said in a statement that MS showed up at a hospital on Tuesday night and died after waiting six hours to see a doctor or nurse.
A statement said he was a former kidney transplant patient who recently underwent medical procedures and had been instructed to return to the hospital if he had back or chest pain.
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On Tuesday night, the day after surgery, he returned to the ER with “severe pain in his chest and back.”
MS checked in and was seated in the waiting room around 10pm, according to a statement. She did some scans before midnight and was taken back to the waiting room.
“By 3:30 a.m. that same night, he would die without meaningful interaction with doctors or nurses until he collapsed in the emergency room,” the statement said.
The association called the situation “completely unacceptable” and urged the state to conduct a full and complete investigation into the state’s emergency medical situation.
“All our sons, daughters, parents and brothers deserve prompt care, respect and dignity, not plastic waiting room chairs or lonely deaths,” he said.
“People are dying.
At Saturday’s rally, Khan said MS never complained the entire time he knew him.
“Our healthcare system has let him down,” he said.
Abdal Khan said he has known MS for 15 to 20 years and described him as a kind and family man.
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One man who attended the rally, who did not want to give his name, said he had known MS for 20 years.
The man said he had his daughter with him the night MS died, but sent her home to study for the exam the next day.
The man received a call later that night from his daughter who had MS, but he was in Alberta and couldn’t get home in time to help.
“He was alone. He had given her two numbers. One of them was mine. But I was away, so I had no choice,” he said. , burst into tears.
“We all have to do something about this system. system must be fixed.
“We are here to support all doctors, nurses. We feel their pain…someone has to do something about this. A lot of people are dead.”
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On Wednesday, the Horizon Health Network confirmed that a patient died in the ER while the department was “significantly overcapacity.”
According to a statement by Dr. Serge Melançon, clinical director of Horizon Emergency Services, patients arrived at the hospital with “serious health concerns” and were triaged as an urgent priority and sent to the main hospital until “appropriate testing.” was placed in the waiting room. There was a vacancy. “
He said the patient’s condition had “deteriorated rapidly” while awaiting evaluation, and resuscitation efforts had failed.
While acknowledging the efforts of doctors and staff “under difficult circumstances,” Melanson expressed sympathy to the patient’s family and friends.
Healthcare system under stress
New Brunswick’s health care system, especially the emergency department, has been under strain over the past year due to staffing shortages.
Patients told Global News they struggled with ER closures, long wait times and being turned down due to capacity.
Last month, Vitalité and Horizon medical networks said they were hiring traveling nurses from private staffing agencies to fill staffing shortages, especially in emergency departments and critical care areas.
In August, Horizon Health launched a pilot project with 24-hour waiting rooms staffed by medical professionals at five major hospitals.
The move was a direct result of the death of a patient in the ER waiting room of Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital on July 12th.
One patient died on 24 July at Edmundston Regional Hospital ER, part of the Vitalité Health Network.
On August 12, a patient arriving in the ER at Moncton Hospital also died while awaiting treatment.
— Using files from Nathalie Sturgeon and Rebecca Lau of Global News
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‘Enough is enough’: Moncton, NB rally calls for action on ER postmortem healthcare – New Brunswick
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