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A Damn Shame

Posted by Media Outrage on September 25th, 2008

This is so messed up until we have no words. A wheelchair-bound man died from a bladder infection after waiting 34hours in emergency.

Via Aol:

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Sept. 25) — Canadian officials want to know why a wheelchair-bound man waited for 34 hours in a Winnipeg hospital’s emergency waiting room before dying from a bladder infection, according to CBC News and CTV News.

Staffers at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba found Brian Sinclair, 45, dead after midnight Sunday, but officials said he apparently died some time before then. Sinclair had not been able to urinate for 24 hours due to a block in his catheter, leading to his death, said Dr. Thambirajah Balachandra, the province’s chief medical examiner. Balachandra has called for an inquest into Sinclair’s death.

Sinclair’s family has reacted with shock and outrage. “He’s my blood,” his cousin Robert Sinclair told CBC News. “I don’t like to see any of my blood relatives die for no reason and I believe that.… It was for no reason. The guy sat there for 34 hours for what reason?” Get the full story from CBC News.

In June, surveillance footage showed a woman collapsing in a New York hospital waiting room and dying as staffers failed to help for more than an hour. Esmin Green, 49, had been waiting in the emergency room for nearly 24 hours on June 19 when she fell on the floor. Watch video from that incident below.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKp0CUG7sfk]

Mediaoutrage- That’s a shame and criminal charges should be pressed against whoever was responsible.

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9 Responses to “A Damn Shame”

  1. beach chick Says:
    September 25th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

    SMDH…What is this world coming to!

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  2. w2m Says:
    September 25th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    The hospitals throughout this country need a total overhaul just like Wall Street. This is senseless.

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  3. Ciannia Says:
    September 25th, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    That is University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on that picture. Located in Arkansas!!!

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  4. Media Outrage Says:
    September 25th, 2008 at 7:45 pm

    @ Ciannia we just grabbed a pic to illustrate an emergency room knowing that it wasn’t the one in the story.

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  5. Ciannia Says:
    September 25th, 2008 at 8:51 pm

    Aw, cause I live in Little Rock and I was like damn what the F*$%we F&*^ up now!!!!

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  6. Media Outrage Says:
    September 25th, 2008 at 9:00 pm

    LOL nah this took place elsewhere.

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  7. ucanb2 Says:
    September 25th, 2008 at 10:28 pm

    That is ridiculous!!! Someone needs to be held accountable.

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  8. cupcakestl Says:
    September 25th, 2008 at 10:43 pm

    What is wrong with America ???

    cold and hearts eye for and eye and every man for them selves.

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  9. find a guard dog Says:
    March 26th, 2012 at 10:59 am

    I haven¡¦t checked in here for a while as I thought it was getting boring, but the last several posts are good quality so I guess I will add you back to my daily bloglist. You deserve it my friend :)

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