Rumours of a stand-off between the alleged cronies of a patient at the Cornwall Regional Hospital and staff began spreading like wildfire on Tuesday. It was also alleged there was a confrontation with the police. But both the police and the hospital’s senior medical officer have rejected the allegations.
Senior Medical Officer at the Cornwall Regional Hospital, Dr. Derek Harvey has refuted allegations of a stand-off between medical staff and gunmen over their friend, a former taxi operator on Tuesday morning.
The SMO says he received reports that friends of a patient who had been admitted for 24 hours in the accident and emergency department wanted him to be released from the hospital to be taken elsewhere. But Dr. Harvey says the patient was not quite fit for discharge. Watch the report for details:
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