Saskatchewan Health Authority investigating woman’s death after she broke ankle

Saskatchewan Health Authority has launched an investigation into the death of a Saskatoon woman who was waiting for surgery to fix her broken ankle. The woman, Kirsten Hanke, broke her ankle on August 12 while tripping and falling while grabbing a package outside her home. She was scheduled for surgery three days later, but doctors postponed it, stating they needed to perform another surgery first.

Hanke later collapsed at home and died in the hospital, with her partner, Morgan Kirby, attributing her death to blood clots caused by her broken ankle getting into her lungs. The health authority will be speaking with Hanke's family as part of a formal internal review.

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