Former Cree grand chief spends 4 days in an ER hallway after travelling to Montreal for health care – CBC
Jan 17, 2024
‘There was nowhere that we could go,’ says granddaughter who accompanied Matthew Mukash
When Jade Mukash accompanied her grandfather to Montreal on Jan. 7, she never imagined they’d be sitting in the ER hallway for four days.
Positioned next to a glass partition next to the ER door, Matthew Mukash, the former grand chief of the Grand Council of the Crees in Quebec, said he had difficulty sleeping.
“I was placed here right at the entrance. I’m still here,” said Mukash, in a video recorded by his son, Pakesso Mukash.
“Someone else was rolled into the room I was originally placed [in]. So here, it’s very busy. New people arriving regularly,” he said, pointing to the registration office about four metres away.
The 72-year-old was sent to the Montreal General Hospital after he started losing weight and experiencing mobility issues. After seeing a nurse and having blood tests and scans performed overnight, he had to be admitted.
