Coroner’s inquest launched for N.B. patient who died in hospital ER waiting room
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Donald Darrell Mesheau died in the waiting room at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton, N.B. last summer after waiting hours to be seen.
A coroner’s inquest will be held into the death of a patient at the emergency department waiting room of a Fredericton hospital in July 2022.
Donald Darrell Mesheau died in the waiting room at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital on July 12, 2022.
The inquest has been scheduled for May 29 to June 2 at the University of New Brunswick Law School.
“The presiding coroner and a jury will publicly hear evidence from witnesses to determine the facts surrounding Mesheau’s death,” the province’s justice and public safety department said in a news release.
“The jury will have an opportunity to make recommendations aimed at preventing deaths under similar circumstances.”
The New Brunswick Coroner Service does not make any finding of legal responsibility.
In July 2022, a witness who was in the ER on the night of Mesheau’s death, told Global News he saw a person who appeared to be in physical discomfort sitting in a wheelchair.
An hour had passed before a nurse emerged to check on that particular patient. That’s when the witness, John Staples, noticed he wasn’t breathing.
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