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."
2 "Ontario woman finds needle in her spine 16 years after giving birth."
3 "'I know I was mean and I apologize,' Quebec nurse tells inquiry into death of Joyce Echaquan."
4 "Sick Indigenous elder alleges racism interfered with diagnosis."
5 "A year after Northern B.C. murders, victim's mother finds support in Canadian trucker who also lost child."
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."
7 "'What happened inside the hospital?' Family of Regina man wants answers."
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."
9 "N.S. dentist's license suspended after alleged misconduct spanning almost 50 years."
10 "Toronto plastic surgeon known as 'Dr. 6ix' accused of filming patients without consent."
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