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In light of two critical Winnipeggers deaths, who died while on their way to home after being discharged from hospital and sent through taxi, Manitoba’s health minister has promised to take action and perhaps consider introducing new rules that will ensure all discharged patients reach home safely.
In a statement made by The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) on Friday, it acknowledged to have been investigating the second death involving a man who was discharged from Grace Hospital in late December. The case involves a 78-year-old patient, named David Silver, who passed away on his front porch after being sent home from Grace Hospital in a taxi on Dec. 31.The WRHA revealed that both deaths are eligible to launch critical incident investigations.
Officials claim that Silver was brought to the hospital in an ambulance on Dec. 30 suffering from stomach pain, nausea and a headache. His family revealed that doctors informed he had gallstones and kidney stones, but alleged that the problem wasn’t serious enough to admit him to the hospital. Consequently, Silver was given a cab slip and sent home in his pyjamas and slippers at around 1 a.m. on Dec. 31. Family members complains that the temperature at the time was –37 C without the wind chill. However, Silver passed away at his doorstep and was not found until almost 14 hours later, when his caregiver arrived to find him frozen in the snow. Family members are sure Silver didn’t die from freezing to death, but of a heart attack or some kind of a heart-related issue.
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