When she arrived, nurses swabbed her and sent her home to await the results. According to the COVID-19 screening form seen by the Tri-City News, the attending nurse noted Anne-Marie suffered from tachycardia a medical term that refers to someone with a heart rate above 100 beats per minute but that no further medical assessment was required. When the Chilliwack mother of two went home, the chest pains, light-headedness and shortness of breath continued. She became hypotensive and her heart rate skyrocketed, according to sister Christine Hutchins. Twenty-six hours later, Anne-Marie was rushed to hospital, and at 9:01 p.m. the day after she was told to go home, she was dead.
Posted: Apr 27, 2021 4:43 PM PT | Last Updated: April 27
Anne-Marie Hutchins died of a heart attack one day after attending a COVID-19 testing site in Chilliwack, B.C., complaining of chest pains, shortness of breath and other symptoms.(Submitted by Christine Hutchins)
Changes have been made at the Fraser Health Authority after screeners at a COVID-19 testing site failed to pick up on the heart attack symptoms of a woman who thought she may have contracted coronavirus.
Anne-Marie Hutchins, 46, died in hospital of acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) on August 26, 2020, one day after going to the Chilliwack COVID-19 testing site complaining of fever, cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, headache and fatigue.