Earlier this year, the family filed a lawsuit against Halton Healthcare Services, which operates Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, and several other defendants

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An Ontario family is calling on the provincial government to introduce legislation that would set maximum emergency room wait times for children after their teenage son died following an eight-hour wait for a doctor in a hospital last year. Article content

GJ and Hazel van der Werken, of Burlington, Ont., said their 16-year-old son, Finlay, had a few days of mild illness and was suffering from migraines before his condition began to worsen. Hazel rushed him to Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital on Feb. 7, 2024, she said. Article content Article content

“We go through to the normal emergency department w

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