The Alberta Medical Association says another patient has died while waiting for care at a major hospital.
Dr. Brian Wirzba, president of the AMA, says the man arrived at Edmonton’s Royal Alexandra Hospital on May 8 and died hours later in a waiting room.
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Alberta Health Services says it is investigating and cannot provide further details for privacy reasons.
The man’s death comes after Prashant Sreekumar, who was 44, died at Gray Nuns Community Hospital in Edmonton in December after waiting nearly eight hours.
The Alberta government ordered a judge-led inquiry into Sreekumar’s death soon after, and also announced it was creating a program in which doctors would help triage patients.
Wirzba says the triage program is not yet in place and the latest death underscores how overwhelmed Alberta’s health care system is.
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