Battling cancer and painful infections is no easy feat, but having to do so in a busy hospital hallway has left a Saskatoon family feeling broken.

Lloyd Coakwell, 74, is battling myelofibrosis, which is a bone marrow cancer where scar tissue builds up, preventing the bone marrow from producing enough healthy blood cells.

Around Thanksgiving, Lloyd developed a severe ear infection that had spread into the mastoid bone behind his ear.

His doctor recommended visiting the Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital (RUH), and that’s where the nightmare began.

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Lloyd said he rece

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