A Nova Scotia senior and her family are upset with how she was treated at a Dartmouth hospital, after she was moved into a hallway without easy access to a bathroom and in front of an emergency exit.

Tammy Beaton says her mother, 73-year-old Betty Hennigar, hasn’t been the same since she was admitted to Dartmouth General Hospital.

“I’m not sure if it’s because of all of the stress of being in there,” said Beaton.

Hennigar was admitted on May 25 and spent three weeks as an in-patient, following a broken leg after a hip replacement.

During her time there, Beaton says her mother felt humiliated and mistreated.

For the last two days of her stay, Beaton says Hennigar’s bed was given to another patient, and she was moved into the hallway.

“If she needed to go to the washroom, she would pus

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