BRAMPTON COUNCIL on BRAMPTONIANS for BETTER HEALTH CARE

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TORONTO STAR:

"New hospital "under fire

2 deaths at Brampton's state-of-the-art facility move organizers to stage march for better care
Dec 10, 2007 04:30 AM
Prithi Yelaja
Staff Reporter

Another untimely death at Brampton Civic Hospital -- the second in less than a month -- spurred 1,500 marchers who rallied to protest the shortage of staff and beds, long wait times, and lack of funding at the new facility.

Organized by a grassroots group calling itself Bramptonians for Better Health Care, marchers staged a peaceful rally, carrying signs that read: "We demand full capacity," "Reduce wait times," and "Treat us with a smile, we are patients."

Gathering at Brampton City Hall at noon yesterday, they walked a one-kilometre route along Queen St. E. to the mothballed Peel Memorial Hospital, which Brampton Civic replaced on Oct. 28.

Virtually all of the marchers were from the area's large South Asian community, riled up by the recent deaths of Harnek Sidhu, 52, and Amarjit Narwal, 42, at Brampton Civic.

Among the marchers was Narwal's cousin, Inderjit Nijjar. He told reporters that Narwal, who had suffered a stroke, was taken to emergency at Brampton Civic by ambulance from Trillium Health Centre in Mississauga. Narwal was put on blood thinning medication, but slipped into a coma and died less than 24 hours after being admitted to Brampton Civic, Nijjar said.

Officials at the hospital were not available for comment yesterday."

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