FOG BLOG NB COVID 19 LOG: WOMAN KICKED OUT OF NB HOSP. FOR HOLDING HUSBAND'S HAND WANTS APOLOGY!

THERE ARE 3 NEW CASES OF COVID 19 TODAY AND THINGS ARE ON A LOWER BUT STEADY TREND., THERE IS SOME WORRY ABOUT THE IMPACT FROM THE SUPER BOWL WEEKEND AND THE RECENT HOLIDAY BUT FOR NOW, THE NEWS IS GOOD! AN NB WOMAN WANTS AN APOLOGY FOR HOLDING HER HUSBAND'S HAND IN THE MONCTON HOSPITAL. ...........FREDERICTON -- A Riverview, N.B., woman wants an apology after her mother was kicked out of a hospital by security for holding her father's hand.

Kim Crevatin says her father, Kendyl Terris, has Alzheimer's and is living at the Moncton Hospital waiting for a nursing home bed. Her father was placed in a nursing home in November 2019, she said, adding that by July 2020, his needs were too much for that facility and he was moved to the hospital.

"When he first went into the hospital, he was on the third floor, which is the family unit," Crevatin said in an interview Wednesday. "It was nice because all of our family could go and see him again, one at a time. They were letting us sit next to him, hold his hand and give him hugs."

She said her father speaks very little and communicates best by touch, including holding hands and hugging. "If you hold his hand and try to take it away, he doesn't want to let go," she said.

But by Christmas, he was moved to the fifth floor of the hospital, where COVID-19 restrictions didn't permit contact between patients and visitors. Crevatin said the incident with her mother, Lonny Terris, happened a few days after the holiday.

"She was apparently too close to him and the nurse gave her a hard time," she said. "It wasn't the first time she was warned about being too close to him, but it's really hard for my mother to stay away if he needs his pillow fluffed or he wants someone to hold his hand."

Crevatin said the nurse called security guards who escorted her out of the hospital. "She was by herself. She was really upset and embarrassed. She was crying," Crevatin said of her mother, adding that there was no need for such a severe reaction from the hospital.

Crevatin said the family was told the incident would be investigated but has so far heard nothing from the hospital. "I would like to hear an apology from (the nurse) to my mother," she said. "I think that would be a nice thing to hear."