Alberta government orders review after man dies in ER while waiting for care

The Alberta government has ordered a review after a 44-year-old man died of an apparent cardiac arrest while waiting in an emergency department in Edmonton last week.

Minister of hospital and surgical health services Matt Jones, in a social media post, says he has directed Acute Care Alberta and Covenant Health to jointly review the circumstances and factors leading to the death of Prashanth Sreekumar at Grey Nuns Community Hospital last Monday.