Edmonton hospital patient had been hoping for a care home. He wound up at a hotel instead
Blair Canniff had been a patient at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for approximately six months when he said a social worker told him he was going to be moved. He thought he was going to assisted living but that's not where they dropped him off.
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![Blair Canniff has been recovering from a stroke, uses a wheelchair and is paralyzed on his left side. A Travelodge is pictured on the left, while Blair Canniff speaks to CBC over Zoom on the right in this collage photo.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7146156.1710575769!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/edmonton-man-sent-to-hotel-after-stroke.jpg)
Blair Canniff had been a patient at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for approximately six months when he said a social worker told him he was going to be moved. He thought he was going to assisted living but that's not where they dropped him off.