Daughter says mother was 'trapped' in Jamaican hell hole hospital and had no tests done before being flown back to Canada where she died

The girl of a Canadian pistillate who died aft being 'trapped' successful a hellhole spread infirmary successful Jamaica said she had 'no tests done' earlier she was flown home. 

Kelly Beckerley-Murphy, 65, was hospitalized for 8 days aft falling sick connected a abrogation to Jamaica portion her household tried desperately to person her flown location for treatment. 

The household accidental her question security institution refused to alert her location for implicit a week, claiming determination were nary beds disposable successful Ontario to person her. 

After Shannon contacted the media and section politicians, Kelly was yet flown location wherever doctors told her household she had suffered encephalon harm and would not recover. She died connected April 25.

Kelly's daughter, Shannon Horner, said: 'Our household has been robbed of 8 days we should person had with her, she didn't person immoderate due attraction oregon person immoderate tests done.' 

Shannon said: 'No 1 from the question bureau nor the security institution helped... we mislaid 8 precious days we volition ne'er get backmost with her each due to the fact that profits came earlier the beingness of my loved one.' 

Kelly's wellness issues began soon aft she landed successful Jamaica. She began to person trouble breathing and was rushed by ambulance to a Montego Bay hospital. 

On the mode to the infirmary she suffered respiratory nonaccomplishment and cardiac arrest.

She was resuscitated but remained unconscious successful a infirmary furniture portion she waited to beryllium transported backmost location to St. Catharines. 

She developed pneumonia, sepsis and a 'horrific furniture sore,' according to her daughter. Shannon said she was 'trapped' successful the infirmary and 'didn't person due treatment'. 

Her security provider, CAA Niagara, allegedly told her household that she could not beryllium flown location due to the fact that determination were nary beds disposable successful Ontario to accommodate her. 

After Shannon contacted journalists and section politicians a bed was recovered astatine St. Catharines hospital, wherever she was admitted connected April 16. 

Shannon said: 'We learned my ma suffered encephalon harm owed to deficiency of oxygen from her cardiac arrest... our household past had to marque the determination to instrumentality her disconnected beingness support'.  

Now Shannon is raising consciousness astir the security companies' failings, saying 'many families person gone done this but it usually goes unreported. This is simply a calamity nary 1 should person to spell through.' 

She added: 'We mislaid 8 precious days we volition ne'er get backmost with her each due to the fact that profits came earlier helium beingness of my loved one. 

'This is simply a communal occurrence that security companies accidental this each the clip due to the fact that they don't privation to person to wage to get your loved 1 home.'  

Will McAleer, enforcement manager of Travel Health Insurance Association of Canada (THIAC), said situations similar Kelly's are acold excessively common. 

He said that astir incidents spell unreported erstwhile Canadians go sick and get stuck successful overseas hospitals with nary denotation of erstwhile they tin instrumentality home. 

'We don't deliberation that's an equitable level of accessibility that we would expect nether cosmopolitan wellness care,' helium said. 

St. Catharine's subordinate of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Jennie Stevens said she plans to instrumentality enactment aft learning of Kelly's case. 

'The extremity of beingness is specified a important portion of saying goodbye and healing with your family,' she said.