Investigations after Atikamekw woman records Quebec hosp. staff uttering slurs before her death

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-atikamekw-joliette-1.5743449?cmp=rss

As she lay dying in a Joliette, Que., hospital bed, an Atikamekw woman clicked her phone on and broadcast a Facebook Live video appearing to show her being insulted and sworn at by hospital staff.

Joyce Echaquan's death on Monday prompted an immediate outcry from her home community of Manawan, about 250 kilometres north of Montreal, and has spurred unusually quick and decisive action on the part of the provincial government.

The mother of seven's death will be the subject of a coroner's inquiry and an administrative probe, the Quebec government said today.

And a nurse who was involved in her treatment has been dismissed.

[Thomas Hurt]

1. phones that record and video are everywhere the fn bigots are just too stupid to get it.

[Srkdqltr]

2. They figure no one will care. That everyone thinks like they do.

The Canadians are not immune to bigotry.

[madaboutharry]

3. How awful.

This is a terrible story. I would want to know if she was not properly diagnosed and hadn’t received appropriate treatment. Seems like that happens to indigenous people in Quebec.

[Lucinda]

4. ...

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. Kick

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. Kick

[MustLoveBeagles]

7. How awful

More people need to be fired.

[Nevilledog]

8. OMG, that's horrific.

[Blue_Tires]

9. Jesus Christ...