A Burlington family reports that their 16-year-old son, Finlay, experienced worsening illness and severe pain before being taken to Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. The emergency department was crowded and, despite quick triage, Finlay waited eight hours and 22 minutes before seeing a doctor. During the wait his oxygen levels declined and he grew quieter. Once assessed, he was diagnosed with hypoxia and pneumonia from sepsis, intubated, and transferred to SickKids where life-support machines were required. No improvement occurred, he was declared beyond recovery, and the family has pursued legal action and is seeking legislative limits on pediatric ER waits.
"We go through to the normal emergency department which was filled with a lot of people, just the whole corridor was just full of people in chairs," Hazel recalled in an interview Thursday. "That was where Finlay was calling out in pain." He was triaged quickly, she said, which gave her hope that he'd see at doctor "at any moment." "But the 'any moment' turned into eight hours and 22 minutes," Hazel said.
"When Finlay was finally assessed by a doctor, he was diagnosed with hypoxia and pneumonia caused by sepsis, Hazel said. He was intubated and eventually transferred to SickKids Hospital in Toronto, where he was put on machines to take over the functions of his heart, lungs and kidneys. "No improvements were made, it just kept going from bad to worse, up to the point where the doctor called us in and said there is no chance of Finlay coming out of this," said GJ."
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