Complaints

A Toronto man who had to lie outside in the cold with a badly broken leg for nearly an hour before an ambulance arrived says the city’s Emergency Medical Service (EMS) is failing its residents. Jose Galvan slipped and fell in a downtown alley on Jan. 30, breaking his leg…

Checking a mobile app for the latest emergency room wait times before you rush out the door might seem convenient, but the high-tech tool may leave some patients feeling misled. Alberta Health Services posts real-time wait times on its app for 15 hospitals in Edmonton and Calgary and hopes to…

This complaint is on behave of every single person that I have ever heard that has gone to the Fort St John hospital,specifically emergen cy. The people there are rude, do not listen to you, and leave you sitting for hours on end. I know of people who have waited…

What started out as a simple injury turned into something much worse, says Greg Poirier. Poirier, 64, hurt his leg and foot when he fell down the stairs into his basement suite late Thursday night. He managed to drag himself into his apartment where he called a taxi to come…

My 88 year old father was admitted to 3 North, a medical floor, where there is no HOT WATER. The floor is filthy disgusting and dirty. Patients, staff and visitors do not have any hot water to wash their hands. When this was brought to the nurses attention, she told…

A friend of mine recently suffered a minor stroke. He does not have the use of his right hand. He was kept overnight at Southlake Regional hospital in Newmarket, Ontario on Tuesday, March 5th. The following morning, he was discharged without being given any medication or the option to have…

I bought my mother here by ambulance and I am so sorry I did. I was never at this hospital so I had no clue what it was like. Well, it was a nightmare. The emerg was filthy and crowded. The floor was covered in garbage. The walls were so…

I have not had much need for the ER until recently. I had a breast reduction on January 23rd at NYGH. The care pre and post surgery was exceptional. I was discharged at 7:00 pm and went home. I awoke at 2:30 am on jan 24th and there was blood…

Monday, February 11, 2013 On Sunday, January 28, 2013 my mother Euticia Marin, who is 80 years; was brought to the Brampton Civic Hospital by ambulance due to severe vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration. Arrival time at the hospital 7:30am. Upon arriving at the hospital my mother was violently sick and…

I called 911 for my wife on Febuary 10th 2013.After being taken away in an ambulance,I had to follow as was not allowed to go with her. On arrival at the hospital,some 10 mins after she arrived,I went o reception and asked if I could see her.EVENTUALLY I was taken…