Dying Toronto woman’s daughter says she spotted bedbugs in palliative care bed – Global News

September 30, 2025

Erin Hayes spent day and night at her mother’s bedside as she lay dying at Michael Garron Hospital this month.

Nancy Hayes, 81, had been suffering from lung cancer, vascular dementia and end-stage kidney failure, said Hayes’s daughter.

“I had promised my dad — he passed away 16 years ago and I had promised him and my mom — that if ever the time came that you were unable to advocate for yourself, that I would be sure to be there so I did. Day and night for 16 days,” she said.

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