A Winnipeg man nearly died in emergency room where he says staff mistook him for a drug addict with kidney stones when he actually had a severe staphylococcus infection.
A Winnipeg man hopes a health care lesson has been learned after he was left dangerously close to death from a severe staphylococcus infection while he says emergency room staff treated him like a drug-seeker with kidney stones.
“The pain in my back had already gotten to the point where I was pretty much keeled over almost all the way.”“I told them about the pain in my back and the pain in my chest and they kind of summed it up — kidney stones.”But it wasn’t. No one knew at the time a sore from a roofing harness had led to a staph infection that spread into his bloodstream, spine and one of his lungs.“I was losing function of my legs and the pain was getting so intense that I was just curled up into a ball.
The WRHA says patient feedback surveys are available at all hospitals, long-term care facilities and community health service areas in the city. Patients can use a QR Code to answer three short questions and leave feedback in their own words about their care experience.A paper option is available for those without internet-enabled devices.
Manitoba Nurses Union president Darlene Jackson says Reimer’s situation “shines a spotlight on a deep wound in our health care system.”
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