2021 Awards - These cases highlight just a few of the past year's instances where our medical system has failed patients.
#1 The case of an eastern Ontario doctor charged with murder has been adjourned until next month. Ontario Provincial Police have accused Dr. Brian Nadler of killing 89-year-old Albert Poidinger at the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital earlier this year.”
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/case-of-eastern-ontario-doctor-accused-of-murdering-patient-adjourned-to-september-1.5542697
#2 David Pontone's voice still shakes as he recalls having to crawl out of Toronto's Humber River Hospital on his hands and knees. The pain was unbearable," said Pontone. "To be able to walk properly was impossible."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/hospital-patient-crawls-out-mental-illness-1.5871307
#3 “Staff working in the emergency department at St. Boniface Hospital say patients are having to wait up to 16 hours before getting assessed by a doctor — a trend they fear will have dire consequences.”
#4 “Ste. Anne, Manitoba., doctor faces more sexual assault charges... Bissonnette is now facing an additional 16 counts of sexual assault."
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#5 “After years of suffering unexplained pain, Mandie Brooks discovered, to her horror, that she had a broken needle lodged in her hip — presumably left there after a surgery.”
#6 “Going up against a Goliath — a powerful organization based in Ottawa called the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA). It has a $5 billion war chest, which is used, in part, to provide doctors with legal support in court to fight malpractice suits.”
#8 “After nine years and a drawn-out legal battle funded by the medical profession’s powerful defense agency (CMPA), a judge has condemned Dr. Stephen James's behavior “
#9 “An 86-year-old Nova Scotia man lay in his driveway waiting for an ambulance for more than three hours Monday after breaking his hip, only to be taken ... “
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ambulance-offload-times-1.6136458