Nova Scotia Man Wants Answers After Wife Dies Following Seven-Hour ER Wait

Nova Scotia Man Wants Answers After Wife Dies Following Seven-Hour ER Wait
Gunter Holthoff and his 37-year-old wife, Allison, are shown in this undated handout photo. The Canadian Press/HO-Gunter Holthoff
The Canadian Press
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Nova Scotia man whose 37-year-old wife died in hospital after waiting seven hours to see a doctor is looking for answers from the provincial health system.

Allison Holthoff died New Year’s Eve after she was taken to the busy emergency room at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre in Amherst, N.S., about 140 kilometres north of Halifax.