New Delhi, Dec. 25 -- A 44-year-old Indian-origin man passed away in Canada, after allegedly waiting for over eight hours in the emergency room of a hospital in Edmonton, Canada, despite repeatedly complaining of severe chest pain.

"'Papa, I cannot bear the pain,'" the man's father recounted his son's ordeal.

According to a report by Global News, the man's father said that an electrocardiogram (ECG) had been performed, but the hospital said there was nothing significant, and had asked them to keep waiting.

The incident occurred at Grey Nuns Community Hospital.

Prashant Sreekumar - aged 44-years-old was an accountant and father of three.

On Monday, 22 December - Sreekumar began experiencing sharp chest pain while at work and was taken...