Patient laying on Drayton Valley hospital ER floor prompts call for change
Brittany Broere is speaking out about some of the issues happening at her local hospital after a recent trip to the emergency department at the Drayton Valley Hospital and Care Centre 130 kilometres southwest of Edmonton.Over the weekend, Broere took her seven-year-old sister to the Drayton Valley ER for an infection. However, because the girl had COVID-like symptoms the sisters were put in an isolation room with only a chair and no bed.
Broere said her younger sister was in too much pain to sit in a chair while waiting for a doctor, so she laid on the floor.“I took off all my sweaters and stuff that I could to make it comfy for her. She was in a lot of pain.”
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