Disciplinary hearings for two healthcare workers in relation to the December 2020 death of an Indigenous woman at the Hanna Health Centre have been postponed until March 2023, and the widower is aski
Posted: Feb 01, 2021 5:00 AM MT | Last Updated: February 1
Lillian Vanasse, 40, died at the Hanna hospital on Dec. 26, 2020. Her husband alleges staff failed to give her proper care and treatment. AHS is investigating his complaint.(Submitted by Cory Ashley)
Cory Ashley believes his wife, Lillian Vanasse, would still be alive if she had received the care the couple had been begging for.
On Christmas night, Vanasse was taken by ambulance to the hospital in Hanna, Alta. The 40-year-old had flu-like symptoms and trouble breathing, according to her EMS report.
Ashley, 50, says he paced the hospital floors for two hours, watching his wife struggle to breathe, lying in a stretcher. Despite repeatedly asking for oxygen, he says it wasn t provided. Hospital records requested by Ashley and shared with CBC News show no record of oxygen being provided to Vanasse.