I was calm, cool, and collected when I met the receptionist at the Royal Columbian Hospital. I was told I was just going to talk to someone. Next thing I know my foster father is being separated from me by RCH security. I was detained in a cell. A group
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I was in a motorcycle accident on May 1st and suffered blunt force trauma. I was taken to the Woodstock hospital by ambulance. I was suffering severe left shoulder pain, back and rib pain. They needed x-rays done so i was told to undress and put on a hospital gown.
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My name is Louise Thorn I would like to complain about my service at the imaging dept, on April 29th, 2012. I live near Midland,Ontario. nearly a two hour drive for me from Toronto. Unfortunately my day did not start off well. I first forgot my requisition for my x-ray.
I am the patient, who can’t sleep, sit or walk, due to the inflammation & pain in the right knee. Upon the request of my family Physician, Dr. Rangan, Grey Nun hospital has given the date of my MRI as Aug.13,2013.Its mean 4 more months of agony & pain.Is it
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
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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
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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
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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
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