Sick, he has not eaten anything for nearly a week

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Jennifer Racicot and his father, Jean-Guy Savoie in their room of the Hospital of Saint-Eustache.

Dave Parent

Thursday, march 8, 2018 22:19

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A man with cancer has not eaten for a week since it’s waiting for an urgent operation, but the health system has been unable to find a place before Friday.

Jean-Guy Savoie, 61, has managed the 14 February that he had cancer of the esophagus. His only chance is to prolong its life to more than six months, is to undergo chemotherapy.

But as the resident of Bois-des-Filion, Laurentians, eat almost not since January, he is too weak to start the treatment. His only chance to regain enough strength is to undergo an operation on the esophagus that would allow him to start eating again.

However, since last Friday, it has nothing swallowed. It is on an emergency list for an operation, but the Centre hospitalier de l’université de Montréal (CHUM) did not have a place for him.

“My father is not dying of cancer, he is dying of hunger,” said her daughter Jennifer Racicot.

False hopes

On Tuesday, the Hospital of Saint-Eustache has announced to Mr. Savoy that it would be operated on Wednesday, which has given new hope.

However, the hospital has made a mistake. It is his room-mate, who has instead undergone an operation.

“They are four to a room. The employee announced the news to the wrong person. To err is human, ” said the communications officer at the integrated Center for academic health and social services (CIUSSS) of the Laurentides region, Myriam Sabourin.

“Sometimes, you think that there is a small glimmer of hope and voila ! you are foiled. This was demolished. He wanted to give up and leave. He was tired of suffering, ” says Ms. Racicot.

An hour after The Newspaper had raised questions CIUSSS about the situation of Mr. Savoie on Thursday morning, CHUM confirmed that it would be operated on Friday morning.

Even if he said he was happy to see his folder unlock, Savoie remains bitter in the face of the health system.

“The waiting kills “

“I take very well the verdict is in, from, die, I take it very well. But let me sure beats sitting in the hospital and leave me to rot here, I’m not. It is the waiting that kills, ” said Mr. Savoie.

The management of the Hospital of Saint-Eustache considers that the period to get an appointment at the CHUM for the transaction was not unreasonable.

“This is not a time that is abnormal, there is always a prioritization depending on the state of health of each patient, but generally, it is not lagging,” says Sabourin.

– With the collaboration of mylog.ca