Funeral Home Ad in Canada hospital troubles patients and families
Twentynine-year-old Lori Waltenbury, who was taking her aunt for her second chemotherapy treatment, noticed the ad at the parking gate of the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVRHC).
“When you go to park your car there’s this advertisement for this funeral home that’s maybe 50 feet away from the entrance to the hospital and the cancer centre,” Waltenbury said.
“It was very upsetting for all of us, for our whole family. I feel like it really affects the trust, like the relationship you have with the hospital," said Waltenbury.
Waltenbury’s aunt had seen this ad a week earlier and Waltenbury said “she was really disheartened” by it.
She and her aunt told several nurses in the hospital but no action was taken.
Waltenbury then shared an image of the ad on the gate on Facebook as well as Twitter, which was shared over 11,000 times.
A hospital communications representative, Donna Danyluk said it was taken down “in 20 minutes” after it was discovered on Facebook.
“It was actually taken down as soon as we caught wind of the information on Facebook and an apology was issued,” she said.
Danyluk said, “Please allow us to say we’re sorry. Patients are at the centre of everything we do at RVH and this advertisement on a parking lot gate is not in keeping with that commitment.”
(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)
(Picture Credit: Lori Waltenbury/Facebook )
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