Critical incident review launched into death of man who waited in Winnipeg ER

Canadian Press-The Manitoba government says a review is being launched into the death of a man who waited eight hours in a Winnipeg emergency department, but it’s not clear how much of the review will be made public. Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara says a critical incident review will look at what happened after the man was brought by ambulance to the Health Sciences Centre early Tuesday morning. Hospital officials have said the middle-aged man was triaged as low-acuity, was checked on again, and his condition later deteriorated to the point where he could not be revived. A critical incident review — a type of investigation that includes some confidentiality and that does not result in a full public report — is being launched. Asagwara says the review’s findings will be…

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