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A 44-year-old Indian-origin man died of suspected cardiac arrest in Canada's Edmonton after complaining of severe chest pain and then waiting for at least eight hours to get treatment. Prashant Sreekumar, father of three, had told his father – Kumar Sreekumar – that he could not bear the pain and described the same to hospital staff, stressing it was 15 of 10. Yet, all that he received was some Tylenol and an ECG following which he was told that there was nothing of significance.
The incident happened on December 22 when Prashant complained of severe chest pain while at work. His client drove him to the Grey Nuns Hospital in southeast Edmonton, where the 44-year-old man was first checked in at triage before being asked to sit in the waiting room, Global News reported. After a while, his father Kumar Sreekumar arrived at the hospital.
"Papa, I cannot bear the pain," Kumar said his son told him while waiting for medics to treat him.
Prashant told the hospital staff that his pain was 15 of 10. However, they did an ECG and told him that there was nothing of significance, and gave him some Tylenol before asking him to continue waiting. During the long waiting hours, nurses would check his blood pressure.
"It went up, up, and up. To me, it was through the roof," Kumar told Global News.
After eight hours, when Prashant was finally called into the emergency room for treatment, he crashed and died only 10 seconds later.
"After sitting maybe 10 seconds, he looked at me, he got up and put his hand on his chest and just crashed," his father said.
Nurses at the hospital called for help, but it was too late.
The 44-year-old leaves behind his wife and three children, aged three, 10 and 14.
The Grey Nuns Hospital, meanwhile, told Global News that while they offer their sympathy to the patient's family and friends, they wouldn't comment on the specifics of patient care because of privacy. "There is nothing more important than the safety and care of our patients and staff" the statement said.
A 44-year-old Edmonton man has died, leaving behind his wife and three children, after reportedly waiting more than eight hours at the Grey Nuns Hospital while experiencing persistent chest pain.
While waiting, he allegedly reported blurred vision and had a blood pressure pic.twitter.com/7vpZL9wjyy— YEGWAVE (@yegwave) December 24, 2025
A video showing Prashant's wife narrating the hours-long ordeal and providing her statement following the incident has surfaced on social media. She could be heard saying that Prashant's blood pressure reading had shot up to 210, and yet he was only given Tylenol.
India Today couldn't independently authenticate the video.
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Published On:
Dec 25, 2025
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