After arriving at the hospital, Valimaki reportedly was untreated for several hours and was even told to go to a hotel and return in the morning as “overworked” employees were focused more on incoming trauma patients. Five hours after first arriving at a hospital, Valimaki received 55 stitches. Doctors later reportedly told Valimaki that if he went to a hotel, he could have died by asphyxiation of his own blood. The hospital reportedly originally told Valimaki he could not have surgery until two days later, but the NHLPA stepped in for him to have surgery in the early morning hours. Valimaki reportedly sat in the ER for an hour without care, and it took four hours until his faced was even cleaned up.

Source: Fox News December 16, 2023 11:35 UTC