Manitoba health officials are investigating a critical incident after the family of an 82-year-old woman said she died following a more than 30-hour wait for hospital care.
The family of Genevieve Price, 82, said she had a swollen hand and went to a minor injury clinic for care last week.
Clinic staff said Price required IV antibiotics and more intensive care, a social media post by her daughter said, and she was transferred to Grace Hospital.
She was put on a stretcher in the hallway and waited for hours, her daughter said. During that time, her situation worsened.
Price was transferred to St. Boniface Hospital, where she later died.
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, which oversees both hospitals, confirmed Wednesday that Price’s death is being investigated as a critical incident — an incident where people using Manitoba’s health system suffer serious, unintended harm.
In a statement, Kerstin Jordan, the WRHA’s chief nursing, allied health and quality officer, said the health authority has “extended our deepest condolences to Ms. Price’s family.”
Jordan said the WRHA’s patient safety team has launched a “comprehensive review into the circumstances that led to the incident,” and officials are focused on “identifying improvements that help ensure events like this do not happen again.”
