One week after he collapsed in Mexico, Stuart Cline of London is fading fast, his family says — stranded in a foreign hospital because there are no available staffed beds in his hometown. We need to fly him back to Canada,” Alejandra Cline wrote in an email to London West MPP Peggy Sattler. Cline’s insurance company sought an available bed in London, but had found none. She is very fearful he will die in Mexico because a bed is not available (in London),” Sattler said. Most developed countries target hospital occupancy rates of 85 per cent so that surges and emergencies can be managed safely.

Source: National Post February 28, 2018 14:03 UTC