A 44-year-old Indian-origin man has died of suspected cardiac arrest after waiting for more than eight hours for treatment in a hospital's emergency room area, a media report has said.
Prashant Sreekumar began experiencing severe chest pains while at work on December 22, Global News reported on Wednesday.
A client drove him to the Grey Nuns Hospital in southeast Edmonton, where Prashant was checked in at triage and then took a seat in the waiting room.
His father, Kumar Sreekumar, soon arrived.
“He told me, ‘Papa, I cannot bear the pain,'” Mr. Kumar said.
