4 month old baby suffering with severe RSV left waiting 8 hours!! Southlake Hospital

In the late evening of February 15th, my 4 month old son was taken to Southlake Hospital suffering from complications due to the RSV he had contracted. Upon arriving at the hospital where my son was having trouble breathing, wheezing and extremely upset, we were left for 8 HOURS in

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Unsympathetic and hurried doctors and nurses with attitudes that were part of a delayed diagnosis and severe pain to pancreatic cancer patient Royal Columbian and Eagle Ridge, Fraser Health

Patient: Klaus Friedrich Dorr, of Port Moody, BC. During the summer of 2008 , complained of pain throughout abdomen and severe in lower abdomen. Had many tests run through family doctor, but made several trips to emergency when pain became severe. Was checked out but the attitudes of doctors were

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Charities admit fundraising mess Sick Kids, World Vision both vow to stop commission-based canvassing via third party

Two prominent Canadian charities – Sick Kids Foundation and World Vision Canada – have admitted to using a discredited fundraising technique and are moving swiftly to clean up their act. Each has been using commission-based techniques frowned upon in the charity world because they can lead to aggressive tactics. When

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Man ‘dead for hours’ in Winnipeg ER Winnipeg Regional Health

WINNIPEG – A 45-year-old man who died in a Winnipeg hospital emergency department after sitting there for 34 hours was known to medical staff, health officials confirmed Tuesday morning. Winnipeg Regional Health Authority chief medical officer Brock Wright would not confirm or deny the man suffered from a mental illness

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