‘Why did they do that to me?’: Mtis man says ponytail was cut off without consent at Saskatoon hospital [Video]

A 73-year-old Métis man says he is angry and wants to know why his ponytail was cut without his consent while he was in hospital for a hip surgery.

On Aug. 30, Ruben St. Charles fell out of his bed, breaking his hip and causing him to need medical attention. His wife called an ambulance and he was taken to the Royal University Hospital (RUH) in Saskatoon.

He had surgery on his hip, but once he came to afterward he saw that his ponytail, which he said was about a foot long, had been snipped off.

“I checked my head and all that, I thought to myself, ‘What the?’ No ponytail, nothing. My hair was standing up,” St. Charles said.

St. Charles said he started screaming.

He said he wanted to give his braid to his sister, but at 73 he doubts he’ll be able to grow it out that long again.

“I was supposed to …