Hospital apologizes for telling ER patient to lie down on the floor

The Ottawa Hospital has apologized after a staff member pointed to the floor when a patient begged for a place to lie down during a long wait in the emergency department.
Martina Campbell, a retired nurse who worked at the Civic among other places, witnessed the incident Monday night at the Civic hospital’s crowded emergency room. She said the man, who had injured his back, was vomiting and crying in pain. When a health worker came by he pleaded for a place to lie down, according to Campbe