Jenny Malabossa says hospital officials moved her grandmother after she spoke to media about a lack of proper care at Cité-de-la-Santé Hospital in Laval.
The 90-year-old is being treated for pneumonia.
Malabossa had told Global News her grandmother didn’t have a bed to sleep on, so hospital officials placed her on a gurney.
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She was put in a room in a small area between two bathrooms that four other patients have access to.
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“She has all her medical oxygen equipment around her,” Malabossa told Global News.
“For anybody to be in front of four people, in between two bathrooms that people go in and out, with just a small curtain, it’s horrible.”
The 90-year-old is hooked up to an oxygen tank 24/7, limiting her ability to get up and move.
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Malabossa said the hospital staff has been helpful, but it is the administration that she is unhappy with.
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The hospital told Global News it could not comment on specific cases.
Malabossa said she’s filed a formal complaint with the hospital.
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