Ottawa woman calling for health-care reform in N.B. after husband died on vacation [Video]

An Ontario woman whose husband died in a New Brunswick hospital while on vacation is urging Canadians to advocate for any loved ones in an emergency room — and she’s calling on candidates in New Brunswick’s provincial election to address what she calls a crisis in health care.

Anne Makhoul, and her husband, Danny, 64, were drawn to the Maritimes: she has roots in Nova Scotia, they honeymooned in P.E.I., brought their children there, and have visited New Brunswick on various occasions.  

“I’ll never not love the Maritimes, but it’s certainly been coloured by my experience in Moncton,” she said in an interview from her home in Ottawa. 

Makhoul said she spent a terrifying 36 hours at the Moncton Hospital with …