MONTREAL – Richard Lemieux finally received the life-saving procedure he needed at the MUHC’s Glen Site Thursday, less than 24 hours after Global News covered his story.
The 48-year old is now recovering in a private room at the super hospital and feels fortunate that a bed became available within hours of his cry for help.
“I’m doing really well,” he said from his hospital bed.
“Now that I have proper drains, they are removing the poison and I am finally eating and it feels good.”
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Lemieux is continuing to receive kidney dialysis at the MUHC and has been told to expect a two-month recovery.
The Île-Perrot resident was admitted to the Lakeshore General Hospital on Jan. 6 after a large abscess was discovered in his gallbladder, causing a long list of health complications.
He needed to be transferred to the MUHC to have the toxic ulcer drained and removed.
The single father was outraged to find out that he was only put on the transfer waiting list after he had already spent ten days lying in a bed at the Lakeshore.
He said he’s worried the hospital’s delay could have jeopardized his health and hopes future patients aren’t given the same run-around.
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Global News contacted the Lakeshore General Hospital on several occasions, but was told it won’t comment on patient files, citing confidentiality.
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“I don’t understand how they could do that. They told me I was on that list for over a week,” insisted Lemieux.
His family is relieved the surgery is finally behind him.
As for Lemieux, he’s just happy to be out of the Lakeshore.
“It felt like Alcatraz there,” he told Global News.
“I’m being treated like a king here.”
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