The death of a middle-aged man who spent about eight hours waiting for care at a Winnipeg emergency department has some patient advocates raising questions about what the hospital is doing to prevent similar incidents.

An investigation is underway at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre, after a middle-aged man died in the ER while waiting eight hours for care.

The province says it is launching a critical incident investigation into the death of a middle-aged man who was waiting for care at a Winnipeg hospital emergency room on Tuesday morning.

Health officials are investigating a death at a Winnipeg hospital. Officials at the Health Sciences Centre say a middle-aged male patient died after waiting eight hours in the hospital's emergency department where he was initially triaged as a lower-acuity case.

The Manitoba government says a review is being launched into the death of a man who waited eight hours in a Winnipeg emergency department, but it's not clear how much of the review will be made public.

Health officials are investigating a death at a Winnipeg hospital. Officials at the Health Sciences Centre say a middle-aged male patient died after waiting eight hours in the hospital's emergency department where he was initially triaged as a lower-acuity case.