Getting Home from the ER Difficult for Senior Woman

“A B.C. senior is sounding the alarm about rural health care after she was discharged from hospital at night with no way to get home.

Janis Hart, 77, fainted and went into convulsions at her home in Clearwater on Tuesday night. She was rushed to the local hospital and then transferred to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.

Hart said she was diagnosed with swelling of the brain and given a prescription before being discharged around 9 p.m. Wednesday.

By that time, it was dark out and Hart said her husband isn’t able to drive safely at night. Hospital staff made no arrangements for her to make it the 120 kilometres home, she said.”

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