2023 Awards - These cases highlight a few examples in the last year of how Canada's public medical systems are STILL failing patients.
#1 “We have a very well-qualified surgeon in our midst who is willing and able to help out the town that he lives in and IHA is denying him,” said Clement.
”https://globalnews.ca/news/9588927/doctor-denied-position-merritt-emergency-room/
#2 “Gunter Holthoff says he watched his wife Allison writhing in pain for hours on the floor of the hospital before she died.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/system-broken-woman-dies-emergency-room-1.6707596
#3 Provincial Supreme Court following the Doctrine of Deference even though the evidence supports extreme distress by the patient.
#4 Want to sue your doctor? You'll be up against a powerful group with billions of dollars.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/canadian-medical-protective-association-1.6808224
#5 “Mother who lost her baby at Fredericton hospital can't afford to sue"
#6 “B.C. woman waits for court to decide 'the truth' after losing breast to mistaken cancer diagnosis"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-mistaken-mastectomy-lawsuit-1.6914424
#7 “Woman speaks out after 'excruciating' procedure at Brampton hospital, says details not properly communicated“
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/brampton-hospital-procedure-patient-consent-1.6932817
#8 “"London surgeon who lost hospital privileges charged with sex assault“
https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/london-surgeon-charged-with-sex-assault
#9 ”Investigation underway after video shows woman crawling on sidewalk outside Lethbridge hospital”
https://globalnews.ca/news/9956312/lethbridge-hospital-investigation-woman-crawling/
#10 “Vancouver Island woman seeks cancer treatment in U.S. after struggle for local care”
https://globalnews.ca/news/10075028/b-c-woman-cancer-care-u-s-travel/
“A mom with a rare brain tumor has successfully undergone surgery that wasn’t available in Quebec, despite the province’s health insurance board (RAMQ) denying her coverage.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/10187367/quebec-mother-tumour-life-saving-surgery/
