torontoA 44-year-old Indian-origin man died after waiting for more than eight hours for treatment in the emergency room of a hospital in Canada, This information was given in a news, According to the news published in ‘Global News’ on Wednesday, Prashant Sreekumar felt severe chest pain while working on December 22, It was reported that he was taken to ‘Grey Nuns Hospital’ in south-eastern Edmonton, where after initial examination, Prashant sat in the waiting room,

Later his father Kumar Shrikumar also reached there soon. “He told me, ‘Papa, I can’t bear the pain,'” Kumar said. He also told the hospital staff that he was having unbearable pain.” According to family members, Prashant’s electrocardiogram (ECG) was done at the hospital, but they were told that the report did not reveal any problem and were asked to wait.

He told that during this time his son was given medicine ‘Tylenol’ for pain. Kumar said that as he waited, the nurses kept checking Prashant’s blood pressure at short intervals. The father told that with the passage of time, Prashant’s blood pressure was continuously increasing. Kumar said that after more than eight hours had passed, Prashant was called for treatment.

Kumar said, “Only 10 seconds had passed since he saw me, stood up, placed his hand on his chest and collapsed.” According to the report, nurses called doctors but it was too late, he apparently died of a heart attack. Prashant is survived by his wife and three children aged three, 10 and 14. “He was devoted to his family, his children, he was a very good person,” Kumar said. Everyone who talked to him said that they had never seen a better person than him.

The victim’s family and friends are now demanding answers as to how a patient with severe chest pain was left without treatment for so long? Covenant Health, the organization that runs the hospital, declined to comment specifically, citing confidentiality, in an email to Global News, but said the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is looking into the case.

“We express our condolences to the patient’s family and friends. Nothing is more important to us than the safety and care of our patients and staff,” the organization said. Prashant’s family said that they will always be saddened by the fact that he died in pain in the hospital and no doctor even saw him. Kumar said, “They took away my son from me without any reason.”

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