A shocking private report from Alberta doctors details six recent deaths under appalling conditions in emergency departments.

One involved a man in his 50s who waited seven hours in emergency before leaving. He called EMS the next day but died of organ failure due to acute strep infection.

”This is a tragic case where the patient would likely still be alive had he been seen more urgently at his first presentation,” says the report by Dr. Paul Parks, who compiled cases from doctors across the province.

In another case, a woman waited eight hours before being seen for a bowel obstruction and perforation. She finally got surgery but died in the intensive-care unit.

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Prompt treatment probably would have saved her, the report says,........

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