Another patient has died while waiting for care at a New Brunswick hospital | Globalnews.ca

Another patient has died while awaiting care, this time at the Moncton Hospital, according to Horizon Health Network.

Horizon said in a statement Thursday the patient didn’t die in the waiting room, but was taken into the acute care area in the emergency department because of worsening symptoms.

He was later pronounced dead under the care of physicians.

“A patient did present to the ED the evening of Aug. 12, was assessed and was closely monitored by the on-site triage nurse as well as an emergency department patient monitor while in the waiting room,” said interim CEO of Horizon Health Network Margaret Melanson in the statement.

Melanson said the patient’s vitals were taken at regular intervals. It was in the early morning hours of Aug. 13 when the patient began to experience “serious symptoms.”

That’s when the patient was moved to the acute area of the emergency department, where they died, according to Horizon.

“I would like to share my deepest sympathies with the family and friends of this patient. I would also like to thank our physicians and staff for doing everything they could under the circumstances,” Melanson said.

It’s the second death reported by that health authority with similar circumstances in a little more than a month.

A third death occurred at Vitalité Health Network’s Edmundston Regional Hospital in “exceptional and unforeseen” circumstances three weeks ago.

More to come.