A patient died in the waiting room of Health Sciences Centre’s emergency department in Winnipeg Tuesday morning.
The hospital is investigating the death, a Shared Health spokesperson confirmed to CBC News.
Shared Health, which co-ordinates health-care delivery in the province and is responsible for operations at HSC, is expected to release additional information about the death later today.
A news conference is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
The posted wait time at HSC’s emergency department was 8.25 hours as of 10 a.m. Tuesday, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority data said.
In November, the last month for which data is publicly available, HSC reported a median wait of 3.7 hours at its emergency department. One in 10 patients waited more than 13 hours for care that month.
A patient died in the waiting room of Health Sciences Centre’s emergency department in Winnipeg Tuesday morning.
The hospital is investigating the death, a Shared Health spokesperson confirmed to CBC News.
Shared Health, which co-ordinates health-care delivery in the province and is responsible for operations at HSC, is expected to release additional information about the death later today.
