Three stabbed teens were driven from a party to a nearby hospital, only to find that the ER was closed. Their story is one of many – CTV
Sept. 5, 2023
It was a nightmare scenario for those watching the growing number of emergency room closures across the country.
Following a triple stabbing at a house party in Clinton, Ont., on July 30, a driver took the wounded teenagers less than two kilometres to Clinton Public Hospital, only to find out the emergency department was closed after 6 p.m.
The teens, who’d been at a Sweet 16 party and were 15, 16 and 17 years old, instead had to be driven to another hospital 20 kilometres away.
“We are playing Russian roulette here,” said Jim Ginn, mayor of Central Huron, where the Clinton hospital is based.
He said he’s worried that the ongoing rural hospital closures are dangerous.
“Sooner or later something is going to happen here, and it’s going to cost someone their life. It came close this time,” he said.
