Death By Neglect

Looks like the final chapter in the death of Brian Sinclair.  This the 45 year old man who used a wheelchair. Double amputee.  He had a treatable bladder infection when he wheeled himself into that Winnipeg emergency room.  A doctor had referred Brian there and he checked in at the triage desk.  Then he waited for someone to see him.  He waited 33 hours in that emergency room.  Did anyone check on him?  They did when another patient told a nurse Brian looked like he was dead.  And, he was.  So, who is to blame?  No one, apparently.  The medical examiner first refused to assign blame, and now the Crown has ruled there will be no criminal charges.  This has not been pretty since day one.  The medical lawyers fought media attempts to broadcast the inquest.  Brian’s family had to fight for funding for a lawyer; the province wanted them ...

Posted By: Bob Layton

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