A Canadian woman’s claims have gone viral after she claims that she was mistreated by nurses at a hospital in Ottawa, saying that they refused to give her water and change her diaper (nappy).
Leesee Qaqasiq told CBC News that she was admitted to the Civic Campus of the Ottawa Hospital after fracturing her pelvis in the middle of October this year.
Ms Qaqasiq claims that doctors told more than likely got the the injury from landing too hard on her wheelchair. The wheelchair was take from a dump and she said that she often has to chase after it when she’s not sitting in it because it has no brakes.
“I had to rely on the nurses to change me, to change my diapers, and they were so tired of doing it that they said I can just pee in them,” Qaqasiq said from her home on Baffin Island, according to CBC.
In the first week of November, towards the end of her fortnight stay, Qaqasiq said nurses on the night shift refused to change her diaper and denied her water – something that is under investigation at the moment.
“There was one nurse that said I peed too much and denied me water because I was going to pee too much,” she said.
“I wasn’t given water all night long until I called 911 in desperation,” she said. “I thought I was going to die of thirst.”
EMS arrived at her hospital room, where Qaqasiq said they delivered bottles of water, reports the CBC.
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