A woman who quietly after lying on a stretcher for two days in the Lions Gate emergency waiting room received “significant care” from medical staff the day of her death, despite the hospital being too full to move her to a proper bed, Health Minister Adrian Dix says.
“It’s awful when somebody dies in these circumstances,” Dix said Tuesday in his first public comments about the fatality. “It’s awful for the family, first of all, and for the caregivers, second of all. And it’s absolutely legitimate to ask questions about care.”
But Dix said he disagreed with suggestions from some that “nothing” was done to help this patient.
