This comes after Gee suffered from cardiac arrest on Tuesday evening after waiting four hours for care at St. Boniface Hospital's emergency department. Gee's death comes in the midst of a severe staff shortage at St. Boniface Hospital. In recent weeks, emergency staff there have sounded the alarm on dangerous ER wait times and dire shortage of beds. After going into cardiac arrest, Gee was resuscitated by emergency staff in the middle of the hallway in front of other patients, emergency staff told CBC News. Penner said around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, she received a call from hospital staff saying her father had a cardiac event.

Source: CBC News August 16, 2021 09:56 UTC