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‘This happens all the time’ Mid Island resident died without access to modern cardiac care, NRGH doctor reports

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Without access to a cardiac cath lab in Nanaimo, local residents may pay the price with their lives.
This is according to Dr. David Forrest, head of infectious disease and critical care at NRGH, who pressed the need for a cardiac cath lab and new patient tower, to attendees at the Fair Care For All Public Health Forum on Sept. 24.
Forrest said recently, medical staff responded to a case of a 65-year-old woman who collapsed in the washroom, which was heard by her husband, who found her barely br

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