The household of Canadian actor Mamie Laverock, greatest identified for her function in When Calls the Heart, stated she did not deliberately fall from the fifth storey balcony of a Vancouver, B.C. hospital final week.
Laverock, 19, was initially hospitalized on May 11 for an undisclosed medical situation however was later positioned on life support after her fall on May 26. The actor’s household stated Laverock sustained life-threatening accidents when she was escorted out of a safe medical unit at St. Paul’s Hospital and dropped at a balcony walkway, the place she fell.
On Thursday, Laverock’s mom Nicole Rockmann informed the Los Angeles Times that Laverock “just opened her eyes” and was “doing well” within the hospital.
“Let’s just hope this is the turnaround and she’s going to get through this now,” Rockmann informed the publication. “I couldn’t be happier that people reached out and cared. The story will be told.”
Initial stories about Laverock’s hospital fall led to hypothesis that she could have tried suicide. Her household maintains that’s not the case.
Rockmann stated the household plans to take authorized motion towards St. Paul’s hospital over alleged negligence.
“We have a case,” Rockmann maintained. “All we care about is that Mamie can make a recovery and that she’s alive, she’s fighting and that she’s strong. It’s unbelievable that she’s with us.”
(Left to proper) Loretta Walsh, Mamie Laverock and Johannah Newmarch in ‘When Calls the Heart.’.
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Providence Health Care, which oversees St. Paul’s Hospital, confirmed to Global News that an “incident” did happen on the hospital. A spokesperson stated they’re investigating what occurred with the intention to make suggestions for improved affected person security.
“Our hearts go out to the patient, family, and all affected by this event, and offer our best wishes for a full recovery,” the Providence spokesperson stated.
Laverock’s household established a GoFundMe web page final month to assist the actor, who portrayed nursing scholar Rosaleen Sullivan in 9 episodes of When Calls the Heart.
They wrote on the web page that Laverock suffered a “medical emergency” on May 11 and was hospitalized. The household stated Rockmann travelled to Winnipeg to assist Laverock and “was able to get there in time to save her life.”
Laverock was later transferred to St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver the place she was held within the intensive care unit however was “showing signs of improvement.”
The purpose for the hospital switch is unclear. Laverock’s situation considerably worsened after her balcony fall. Her mother and father wrote their daughter’s physique was “shattered.”
In an replace shared to the GoFundMe web page, the mother and father stated Laverock has undergone a number of surgical procedures within the final week, together with two 11-hour procedures.
“We have nothing but gratitude for the doctors and nurses who have been exemplary in her care since May 26,” Rockmann wrote.
She stated Laverock continues to be enduring “tremendous pain.”
Rockmann clarified that Laverock is now not at St. Paul’s Hospital and has been transferred to a trauma centre. The household’s GoFundMe has already surpassed its $30,000 purpose.
Many of Laverock’s When Calls the Heart co-stars, in addition to the Hallmark Channel which airs the Western drama, promoted the donation web page on social media and despatched properly needs to the actor’s household.
Laverock’s different performing credit embody This Means War and The Hollow Child. She final appeared on When Calls the Heart in 2023, through the present’s tenth season.
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