NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. – Police in Cape Breton have been called in to investigate the death of an elderly man who fell from the window of a hospital in North Sydney.
The family of Gerald Serroul of Sydney Mines says the 74-year-old was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
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They say he had been a patient at the hospital since his wife, Helen, died of cancer in August.
The patient fell from a second-storey window at the Northside General Hospital on Sunday.
The man’s granddaughter, Lisa Capstick, says the family has hired a lawyer.
Lynn Gilbert, spokeswoman for the Cape Breton District Health Authority, confirms that an internal review has started.
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