Tag: Quebec coroner

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

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…


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

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…