‘She couldn’t take the pain’: N.B. couple get turned away at several ERs
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Morgan Lanigan's wife was in pain, but after being unable to access emergency care at five different hospitals, he's pressing the government to find a way to improve the system.
When Morgan Lanigan’s wife, Kelly, began feeling some intense pain, they headed for the hospital emergency department in Saint John, N.B.
The first stop was St. Joseph’s Hospital but when they got there at around 7 p.m. on July 17, staff said there was no room for them and the Saint John Regional Hospital ER was facing the same capacity issue.
“She couldn’t take the pain any further,” he said in an interview on Monday.
The Sussex ER, which is about 45 minutes away from Saint John, was closed for the night around 5:30 p.m. due to staffing shortages.
“We made the decision to go to the pharmacist first,” he said.
Lanigan said the pharmacist was able to provide some advice and some Tylenol with codeine and Advil but the root cause of the pain still lingered and worried the couple.
“We made the decision then to drive to Fredericton,” he said, about an hour away from Saint John.
The two were headed for the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital because the Oromocto Hospital’s emergency department, which would have been a bit closer, was also closed as of 4 p.m. due to staffing shortages.
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