Man dies after 34-hour stay in Winnipeg ER waiting room
Gabrielle Giroday, Winnipeg Free Press
Published: Monday, September 22, 2008WINNIPEG - A head official at this city's Health Sciences Centre said Monday workers were shocked by the revelation a man sat in the hospital's waiting room for 34 hours without medical help before dying there.
Brock Wright, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's chief medical officer and Health Sciences Centre chief operating officer, confirmed Monday that the 45-year-old man was reportedly dropped off by vehicle at the hospital around 3 p.m. local time Friday - before he was found dead in the ER Sunday after midnight.
Wright said health officials are still trying to figure out why the man never saw a doctor."
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