Tuesday was the second day of a coroner’s inquest into the death of Darrell Mesheau, a 78-year-old former diplomat who died while waiting in the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital emergency waiting room during the early morning hours of July 12, 2022.
A New Brunswick man is sharing his five-day experience as a patient at Fredericton’s Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital, describing what he calls a “complete collapse” of its emergency department this past week.
A high number patients, high bed occupancy rates and staffing challenges have made for a long wait in some New Brunswick emergency rooms, and one closure, over the holidays.
Physician assistants will now be a permanent fixture at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton after a 12-year pilot program was deemed successful.