‘We deserve better’: Town in uproar after N.S. man dies in hospital where no doctor present
Global News
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.
Town officials in Middleton, N.S., are speaking out after the volunteer fire department was called to the local hospital to help a patient in cardiac arrest.
In a letter penned by Mayor Sylvester Atkinson to Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, Atkinson said the situation was “wrong on so many levels.”
According to the mayor, the call came in at 9 p.m. on June 15. There was no doctor in the hospital at the time and the nearest physician was 30 minutes away in Kentville.
The fire department and paramedics “provided life-saving measures” until the doctor arrived, but “unfortunately, the patient did not survive,” the mayor wrote. “The doctor called time of death when they arrived on the scene.”
“The fact that our fire department had to respond and provide care to help save patients in our hospital is frightening,” wrote Atkinson. “The Province needs to step up and take accountability for this and take action to prevent it in the future.”
The letter, which was posted on social media, concludes with an invitation to meet with the premier or the health minister.
Town councillor Gary Marshall told Global News he found out about the incident on the night it happened and was “kind of surprised” by it.
“I think as Nova Scotians, we deserve better. And I think we can do better,” Marshall said.
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