The ex-husband of a victim of a hit-and-run claims the bad treatment she received at the hospital was at least partially racially motivated.

Mary Stewart was crossing the street in Chilliwack shortly after 1 a.m. on Sept. 9 when she was struck by a vehicle described as a light-coloured semi.

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The vehicle did not stop, and the 55-year-old was left with a broken femur, other fractures, and a crushed foot. Stewart was rushed to hospital by ambulance where she was examined, received X-rays and then promptly discharged.

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Despite Stewart香蕉视频直播檚 serious injuries, and despite receiving an X-ray, Julian said she was kicked out of the hospital into the rain. He attributes the staff香蕉视频直播檚 actions to the fact that she is aboriginal from the Skwah First Nation, and a recovering addict on the methadone program.

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Julian wasn香蕉视频直播檛 with Stewart that night 香蕉视频直播� she was with her new partner, Raymond. Julian said when a nurse grabbed her leg and started to pull her off a stretcher into a wheelchair, it was Raymond who stopped the nurse and did his best to get her in the chair.

The two were told to leave, but without a ride or a phone, they stayed in a covered area to wait out the pouring rain.

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In excruciating pain, Stewart was pushed in the wheelchair in the rain along the bumpy sidewalk.

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The two waited out the night in the alley, then went to a pharmacy in the morning where they were told she should be at the hospital.

In a statement to The Progress Tuesday, Fraser Health apologized for the incident and confirmed Stewart was mistakenly ordered out of the hospital.

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香蕉视频直播淎fter further examination of this patient香蕉视频直播檚 test results, we realized she had been prematurely discharged, so we immediately reached out for her to come back to the hospital for treatment.

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Abdulla said the manager of the emergency department is leading this work, while senior hospital staff conduct a formal patient safety review.

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Stewart was still at the Chilliwack hospital by Tuesday, awaiting a program to start rehabilitating from her injuries.

Julian said he feels Stewart is being treated better now, but he has heard from other visitors that she is not getting the response to pain medication as quickly as she should.

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As for any review done by the hospital or Fraser Health, Julian is hopeful for Stewart香蕉视频直播檚 case, but he wonders how often former addicts and/or Indigenous people in general are treated like this.

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paul.henderson@theprogress.com
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