Elizabeth Noseworthy said her daughter, Erin, waited over three hours in a St. John's hospital parking lot before getting a medical assessment. After not being able to reach anyone with public health, Noseworthy said, her daughter called 811, and a clerk directed her to the Health Sciences Centre. Hospital overrun with COVID patientsEastern Health told CBC News in an emailed statement that the Health Sciences Centre wrestled with high volumes of COVID-19 patients on Tuesday. Elizabeth Noseworthy says a nurse should have assessed her daughter before the Health Sciences Centre decided how she should be triaged. The ordeal was all the evidence the Noseworthys needed to decide Newfoundland and Labrador's hospitals aren't prepared to handle an influx of COVID-19 patients.

Source: CBC News February 24, 2021 22:59 UTC