Tim Kennedy endured nearly 10 hours in a Fredericton emergency room, vomiting blood before finally being treated at a different hospital. He speaks out about his experience as party leaders campaign ahead of the October election.
A man is speaking out after enduring a lengthy wait in a Fredericton emergency room . He’s calling for change in the health-care system, as party leaders make their pitches ahead of the Oct. 21 election. Silas Brown reports.
“I approached one of the nurses to say that I was in pain. And I started to vomit blood. So she came out and she put an IV in my hand,” he recalled. “The sad part is, I looked around the waiting room and there were people that were bleeding, that needed stitches who were there longer than me. The elderly that were just lying in the hallways and waiting to be seen. And no one was coming out to see them.Kennedy says he decided to take matters into his own hands. He and his wife made the hour-long drive to the Upper River Valley Hospital in Waterville, N.B., where he was treated within an hour and spent several days in hospital.
As part of the move to ease patient flow, Horizon Health has introduced a new assessment for alternative level of care patients — those who have been medically discharged but are waiting for a bed in another facility.Kennedy says his experience will be a guiding factor in how he votes in October’s provincial election.
The Liberal plan also promises to streamline the process for recognizing the credentials of foreign-trained doctors and other health professionals.
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