N.S. mother in shock after enduring 17-hour hospital wait with sick baby [Video]

A Nova Scotia mother is voicing her frustration with the province’s health-care system after waiting more than 17 hours in an emergency department with her sick 10-month-old son.

Amber Clark of Scotsburn, N.S., said she arrived at the nearby Aberdeen Hospital on April 22 at about 12 p.m. following a recommendation from an 811 telehealth representative.

Her son, Sawyer, was suffering from worsening chest congestion and fever. Upon arrival, she was told that the longest wait time was about two hours.

She didn’t leave until around 6 a.m. the following morning.

“The current state of health care in Nova Scotia is absolutely beyond broken,” she said during an interview with Global News on Wednesday, adding that patients routinely crowded into the waiting room as the hours passed.

“It was a little over 17 hours altogether; waiting in the emergency room for a 10-month-old baby with congestion and breathing concerns. I was shocked. …