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Patient dies en route to MUHC Glen after St Mary's Hospital refuses surgery – Coroner launches investigation

Mark Blandford died of abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture while being transferred to MUHC for emergency surgery

The Coroner’s Office Quebec launches an investigation into the death of a patient who had been refused an operation for a ruptured aorta at St. Mary’s Hospital in Montreal.
Mark Blandford, 73, director, producer and screenwriter best known for his collaboration with Denys Arcand for Duplessis television series died on November 2 while being transferred  from St. Mary’s Hospital to the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Glen site.
The hospital management had recently asked his vascular surgeon to cease to conduct some operations for administrative and budgetary reasons. Dr. Carl Emond told the Gazette that he held the evidence.
The  coroner’s office said that all potential factors would be considered during the investigation, including  whether the reorganization of the health system could have had an impact on the patient’s chances of survival.
This type of investigation can take up to 11 months, said the coroner’s office
Source CBC Radio-Canada
 

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