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Alberta Orders Review After Edmonton Man Dies Following Hours-Long ER Wait

Authorities are investigating the 44-year-old's death after an alleged eight-hour wait for care at Grey Nuns Community Hospital.

Prashanth Sreekumar, 44, shown in this undated handout photo with his wife and three children. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout
Niharika Sreekumar, widow of Prashant Sreekumar, holds a picture of her and her husband, who died waiting for care in the emergency room of an Edmonton hospital.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has also begun an independent investigation.
Musk made the remark while quoting a post that read the wife of the Indian-origin man “was told she was being rude after her husband died while waiting to be seen in the ER for over 8 hours with chest pain.”

Overview

  • Minister Matt Jones directed Acute Care Alberta and Covenant Health to conduct a joint review, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner opened an independent investigation.
  • Family accounts say Prashant Sreekumar reported severe chest pain, received an ECG and Tylenol as his blood pressure rose, waited nearly eight hours, and collapsed moments after being called for treatment.
  • Covenant Health offered condolences and said it cannot discuss specifics because the case is before the chief medical examiner.
  • Elon Musk criticized Canada’s public health system on X, comparing government-run medical care to the DMV in response to the case.
  • U.S. influencer Andrew Branca drew widespread condemnation for xenophobic posts about the death, and India’s foreign ministry said Canada should take responsibility since the victim was a Canadian national of Indian origin.