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Ontario couple whose teenage son died after 8-hour wait in ER calls for law reform (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 5 days ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

said their 16-year-old son, Finlay, had a few days of mild illness and was suffering from migraines before his condition began to worsen.

From what I read about this story last week, he was suffering from pneumonia and sepsis (among other health issues).

The eight hours in the ER, although unacceptable, was the tail end of a much bigger problem with his health.

He should have been brought in days sooner. Pneumonia almost never kills healthy teens, certainly not in a few hours of waiting, so he had other issues going on and I'm sure the hospital will be aggressively defending against this lawsuit.