Woman losing fingers, claims mistreatment at Regina hospital
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A family who claimed their pregnant daughter was mistreated and misdiagnosed at the Pasqua Hospital in Regina says she will now lose her fingers and thumb.
Earlier this month, 25-year-old Krystal Schwan went to the emergency room with a sore hand. As she writhed in pain in the waiting area, her family explained how hospital staff was disrespectful to her, believing she was high on some sort of drug.
The family said the doctor initially found nothing wrong and released her. However, the next day Schwan returned to the ER. Tthis time her hand was black and the pain was excruciating. Her mother, Sheila Bolen, explained Schwan was eventually found to have compartment syndrome and a bacterial infection.