2nd ER death under investigation in New Brunswick following "tragic event"

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Vitalité Health Network says a patient died in the emergency room of the Edmundston Regional Hospital in New Brunswick on July 24, following a “tragic event.”

President and CEO Dr. France Desrosiers said in the release, “The person, who had been admitted to the Emergency Department, lost their life under unforeseeable and exceptional circumstances.”

The health authority provided little detail about what transpired on Sunday, but said no health-care workers or staff were injured.

The health authority said due to the “delicate nature of the incident, no further details will be provided to the public at this time.”

This news comes just two weeks after a patient died in the waiting room of the ER at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton.