New Brunswick couple stranded in Florida after injury to return home this week | 24CA News
A Moncton couple who was beforehand stranded in Orlando, Fla., has obtained affirmation that they are going to be flown again to New Brunswick this week, after the husband was injured and unable to be transferred again residence as a result of a scarcity of hospital beds.
Patricia Bates and Joseph Guthro left New Brunswick on March 14 on a bus journey to Florida.
On March 28, Guthro obtained up to make use of the washroom on board the bus, and a automobile pulled out in entrance of the tour bus, forcing the motive force to slam on the brakes.
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Guthro fell, compressing a disc in his physique. After exams on the hospital, the Orlando care centre admitted him.
“I just want to get home and get into a bed so I can get some rehabilitation,” stated Guthro final week. “I have pain going down my left leg.”
Bates informed Global News on Wednesday that after working with their journey insurance coverage, the 2 will fly again this weekend, the place they are going to keep residence and attempt to get residence care.
The two are nonetheless looking for hospital care within the province.
Guthro hopes to discover a mattress within the Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation (SCCR) in Fredericton or The Moncton Hospital, so he may bear rehab.
Guthro served seven years within the military, in accordance with Bates. His spouse stated mobility had elevated considerably for the reason that fall, however they are going to proceed to search for rehab.
The Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation solely has 20 beds, all of which they have been informed was occupied.
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The couple spent days on the cellphone on the lookout for assist from their member of Parliament, Global Affairs Canada and the province of New Brunswick.
She worries about what number of Canadians are left stranded throughout the border, hoping to get healthcare at residence.
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