A B.C. senior finally has a room to stay in after spending four long nights in a hospital hallway.
Eighty-eight-year-old John 鈥淛ack鈥� Cook was admitted to Abbotsford Regional Hospital after suffering a brain hemorrhage. For four nights, he was confined to a gurney that was moved through different hallways in the hospital.
"They're overloaded and he's not getting the care he should," his son, Dan Cook, previously told CTV Vancouver. "He doesn't have any dignity lying there in the hallway鈥� How do we sit with him? Often times we're having to move the chair every time a bed came by and people are walking by or standing right there.鈥�
On Monday night, Cook was finally given a room.
In a statement sent to CTV Vancouver, the hospital acknowledged that it had been over capacity.
"Last week was a particularly busy time at the hospital, and despite all of our efforts there simply were a lot of people who needed to be in the hospital to receive that level of care," Dr. Michael Newton, the hospital鈥檚 site medical director, said in the statement.
Despite his time in the hallway, Cook remained surprisingly calm.
"Well, there's not much I can do, is there?" he told CTV Vancouver.
Some positive news for an 88-year-old Abbotsford man who has spent four nights in a hospital hallway. He finally has a room tonight! 鈦︹仼
鈥� Michele Brunoro (@ctv_michele)
