As long as you don't count its shortcomings:
New details are emerging about the death of a patient at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton last July, which are revealed through documents obtained by Global News.
At the time of the death, which occurred on July 12, 2022, emails from Horizon Health Network indicated the licensed practical nurse (LPN) assigned to the waiting area was also assigned to the department and “couldn’t commit to the regular checks.”
“They were doing the best they could with limited resources as usual, and checks on patients in the waiting room were being done by LPNs that had assignments in the Department, so they could not commit to regular checks like our waiting room LPN would do on days or evenings,” according to an internal email sent by Neil Gabriel to Margaret Melanson, Nathan Wickett and Jessica Cernivz, who all work within Horizon Health Network.
A submission by the New Brunswick Nurses Union to Horizon Health Network corroborated the circumstances the LPN experienced on the night in question. ...
Further emails revealed that since the Oromocto Hospital had reduced its hours, due to both nurse and doctor shortages, it was common for patients to be waiting up to two hours for a patient could be triaged.
The incident was described in emails between staff at Horizon Health Network as “truly unfortunate” and staff were “upset by the situation.”
Documents that were submitted by the New Brunswick Nurses Union say that on the night the patient died, 17 people were admitted to the emergency department, and 29 people were registered in the waiting area.
The union said in its submission that’s more than “patients admitted to an in-patient unit.”
“The nurse to patient ratio is alarmingly high and is unquestionably at an unsafe nurse to patient ratio,” the submission reads.
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