Garbage on floors, out of service elevators and halls filled with patients is how the Royal University Hospital (RUH) has been described lately.

Unity resident Tim Lang was recently in the RUH emergency room (ER) with his mother. After suffering from a stroke, Lang’s mother spends days in the hallway of RUH across from a room called “The Soiled Room.”

“The smell was just about unbearable to be in that hallway,” said Lang.

Lang said his mother was stuck between the main artery of the hospital connecting the ER to the main hospital. He said the traffic walking by her bed was so bad, he counted 172 people passing by within the span of an hour.

“All the traffic goes through that hallway, and my mother was stuck there for two to three days.” explained Lang.

To make matters worse, patient

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