Category: Quebec coroner

Quebec Coroner Says Delay in Getting to Hospital a Likely Factor in Baby’s Death

November 8, 2022
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A Quebec coroner is calling on the province to reduce the time it takes to get remote patients to hospital after a seven-month-old baby from a northern First Nations community died after waiting for care. Niteïyah Chilton died in April of bacterial meningitis after it took more than five and a half hours to bring…

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Coroner to Probe Death of Homeless Man Found in Montreal Portable Toilet

January 19, 2021
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MONTREAL—The Quebec coroner is investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside a portable toilet early Sunday morning close to a Montreal homeless shelter he frequented. On Monday, a spokesman for the coroner identified the man as Raphael Andre, 51, and said the investigation will establish his cause of death and the…

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