Overview
- Prashant Sreekumar, 44, collapsed shortly after being called from the Grey Nuns Community Hospital waiting area and was pronounced dead of an apparent cardiac arrest.
- His family says he waited more than eight hours with severe chest pain, received an ECG showing “nothing of significance,” and was given only Tylenol.
- Relatives report nurses repeatedly checked his blood pressure and that it kept rising during the wait.
- The hospital expressed condolences, declined to discuss care details citing privacy, and confirmed the referral to the medical examiner.
- The case has intensified public concern about lengthy emergency waits and staffing pressures in Edmonton and Alberta, with calls for answers from family and community members.