India, Dec. 26 -- The family of a 44-year-old Indian-origin man has alleged medical negligence after he reportedly died of a suspected cardiac arrest following an eight-hour wait for treatment at a hospital in Edmonton, Canada.

Prashant Sreekumar, a father of three, collapsed and died at the Grey Nuns Hospital on December 22 after repeatedly complaining of excruciating chest pain. According to his family, he had described the pain as "15 out of 10" and said he could no longer bear it.

Prashant first experienced chest pain while at his office, after which a client drove him to the hospital in southeast Edmonton. He remained in the waiting area for nearly eight hours despite undergoing an electrocardiogram (ECG), which reportedly showed n...