Allison Holthoff (Facebook)
Ottawa – “Al-Quds Al-Arabi”: A Canadian woman died after waiting seven hours in the emergency room, in an accident that has caused great controversy in the country.
His family blamed the death on complications from Canada’s poor healthcare system.
“I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family of the patient who passed away at Cumberland Regional Health Care,” Canada’s Health and Welfare Minister Michelle Thompson wrote in a statement released Monday.
“This is a tragic loss and my heart goes out to them,” she added. I understand they want answers.
And the Nova Health System health program launched an investigation, known as a quality review, to determine what happened.
“We are looking to see how we can do better and what we can do to prevent this from happening in the future,” the statement added.
Allison Holthoff, 37, went to hospital after complaining of not feeling well on New Year’s Eve.She told her family that she was suffering from stomach pains that kept getting worse over time.
Holthoff’s husband Gunther took her to the hospital when her condition became more serious, and there She waited seven hours for someone to take care of her, but she finally died.
Gunther told reporters on Monday that he did not yet know the cause of his wife’s death.
He added: “Unfortunately, I feel like it’s been overlooked, and it’s reached a point where they can’t ignore us anymore. It’s been a terrible situation for my wife, my children, and many people in the community.”
