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2020 Awards - These cases highlight situations where our medical system has failed patients.
#1 "A baby sick with meningitis was sent home from Abbotsford hospital — only to suffer a stroke”
https://globalnews.ca/news/6544565/abbotsford-baby-meningitissent-home/
#2 “Ontario woman finds needle in her spine 16 years after giving birth
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/needle-spine-patient-hospital-1.5743567
#3 'I know I was mean and I apologize,' Quebec nurse tells inquiry into death of Joyce Echaquan”
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/i-know-i-was-mean-and-i-apologizequebec-nurse-tells-inquiry-into-death-of-joyce-echaquan-1.5436281
#4 “Sick Indigenous elder alleges racism interfered with diagnosis”
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/sick-indigenous-elderalleges-racism-interfered-with-diagnosis/
#5 "A year after Northern B.C. murders, victim's mother finds support in Canadian trucker who also lost child”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/northern-bcmurders-chynna-deese-lucas-fowler-1.5648176
#6 “When her fever spiked, Sophia's parents took her to The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. After waiting seven hours to see a doctor, they were told the wait would be another six hours, and left. She died in her sleep three nights later.”
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toddler-dies-in-her-sleep-after-parents-aretold-by-doctor-she-only-has-the-flu-1.5112545
#7 “What happened inside the hospital?' Family of Regina man wants answers.”
https://regina.ctvnews.ca/what-happened-inside-the-hospital-familyof-regina-man-wants-answers-1.4973283
#8 “Alberta health authorities failing doctors, public with response to 2016 noose incident: experts... The college had been overwhelmed by the volume of complaints — as many as 900 a year — it had to address.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-healthauthorities-failing-doctors-public-with-response-to-2016-noose-incidentexperts-1.5641340
#9 “N.S. dentist's license suspended after alleged misconduct spanning almost 50 years”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dr-errol-gaum-dentistlicense-suspended-1.5807995
#10 “Toronto plastic surgeon known as 'Dr. 6ix' accused of filming patients without consent”
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-plastic-surgeon-known-as-dr-6ixaccused-of-filming-patients-without-consent-1.4988303
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