It also said the closure of the emergency clinic was "not a factor that contributed to the death" and that the coroner's office had been contacted about the case and decided there wasn't enough "to justify an investigation." The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue (CISSS-AT), which oversees health services in the region, said in a statement late Wednesday that it investigated the incident and found all protocols were followed. Marianne said she'd remember her father as the well-loved 'village clown,' who was always there for his children, made people laugh, and put others' needs before his own. "Every city should have a 24-hour emergency, or something, because we're human beings," she said. Marianne Genest said that it was definitely a problem, not only in Senneterre, but in small towns across the province.
If the ambulance, if the paramedics were there … if the paramedics went directly to Amos, to the specialist, maybe Richard Genest would be still alive." "We have a lot of questions about what happened. Émilise Lessard-Therrien, a Québec Solidaire MNA who represents the region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue at the National Assembly, said she felt her region had been "abandoned" by the provincial government. "Because that's how we feel we are treated." 'You can't just leave us like this' "If would just listen to us and not think that they have all the answers in the world and that we are from a small community, and we know nothing," he said. Olivier Allaire, co-founder of community group Urgence d'Agir, who is advocating for the local ER to return to its previous hours, says he worries people will postpone getting treatment knowing that emergency services aren't being offered 24-hours a day.
"We knew it was going to happen and, unfortunately, it happened." The whole community of Senneterre is really in shock," Pelchat told Radio-Canada. "We knew it was going to happen, we said it over and over again, no one believed us." Their signs read '45 minutes is the difference between a life saved and a life lost.' (Radio-Canada) Residents of Senneterre protested the 24-hour emergency room closing in September. She said she also wrote to Quebec's health minister, Christian Dubé, in late September and asked him to intervene after the health authority announced the ER would reduce its hours.
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She said she reached out to the regional health authority before Genest's death, asking it to reopen the emergency room at full capacity as soon as possible. Senneterre mayor Nathalie-Anne Pelchat said the situation could have been avoided if the town was able to have a 24-hour emergency room. Tuesday - over seven hours after he first called for an ambulance. Genest was then taken to the hospital in Val d'Or, where he was assessed by medical professionals, his daughter said, noting it was decided that he should be transferred to the town of Amos, an hour away, where there was an emergency vascular surgeon on staff.Īccording to his daughter, Genest died in the elevator on his way to the operating table, around 10 a.m. Quebec unveils $3.9B plan to attract 170,000 more workers to offset labour shortage.Quebec ERs 'on the verge of a breakdown' and need help, emergency doctor says.