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Some doctors estimate 8,000 to 15,000 Canadians are dying because of emergency room overcrowding, a trend prompting hospital staff to get creative, treating patients everywhere from chairs to public bathrooms.
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Volunteer firefighters were called to the Soldiers Memorial Hospital to attend to a patient because the closest doctor was 30 minutes away
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Mayor Sylvester Atkinson of Middleton, N.S. says a patient died last week in his town after going into cardiac arrest at a hospital where no doctor was present.
A Nova Scotia mayor says a patient died last week in his Annapolis Valley town after going into cardiac arrest at a hospital where no doctor was present.
The mayor of Middleton, N.S., says volunteer firefighters had to be called to the hospital to help a patient in cardiac arrest because the nearest doctor was 30 minutes away.