Ottawa hospital to reimburse Toronto family for cost to bring uncle's body back after transfer

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An Ottawa hospital has apologized and said it will reimburse a Toronto woman's family who was forced to pay a private company to bring her uncle's body home after he was transferred to the hospital and later died there of COVID-19.

that her 72-year-old uncle was being treated at Scarborough General Hospital in Toronto after contracting the virus.

Nguyen said he later died there, taking his last breath alone and in a facility hours away from his loved ones. CTV News is not identifying the man to protect his immediate family, who are concerned about potential anti-Asian backlash. She says the family was given the runaround by everyone they talked to including Health Canada and TeleHealth Ontario.

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