Many of us were very sad because we had really tried to prevent something like this from happening.
says the emergency nurse at Winnipeg’s largest hospital.
The difficult thing is that this patient died alone in a hallway.
CBC/Radio-Canada has granted anonymity to two emergency room nurses at the Winnipeg Health Sciences Center because they fear negative effects on their professional lives, including losing their jobs. The two nurses point out that the hospital was very busy on the day the patient died.
According to the second nurse, more than 40 patients were waiting for care that day.
Shawn Young, chief operating officer of the Winnipeg Health Sciences Center, said Thursday that there were twice as many patients as usual on the night the patient died in the emergency room halls.
He said the patient arrived by ambulance just after 11:30 p.m., about an hour later his patient’s condition deteriorated and he died shortly after. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
We tried to speak to the hospital management
The first nurse points out that staff have already expressed concerns about traffic and staffing shortages in the ER.
She adds that nurses have told hospital administrators and the government that unless emergency room conditions improve, a patient will die in the waiting room.
We tried to speak to the managers of the hospital, we spoke to the government to highlight the patient safety issues and concerns that we had
the nurse continues.
She adds that the entire hospital system is under pressure right now.
In a statement, a spokesman for Shared Health Manitoba said hospital managers regularly meet with doctors and nurses to discuss issues in the Health Sciences Center’s emergency room.
Many initiatives suggested by the staff, such as B. Ways to improve patient flow in the ER have been implemented and discussions of other ideas continue.
‘ said the spokesman.
The office of Manitoba Secretary of Health Audrey Gordon did not respond to a request for information.
With information from Rachel Bergen, Ozten Shebahkeget and Alana Cole
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