The Council for the Protection of the Sick calls for a forensic examination, on the death of the octogenarian who died in “inhumane” circumstances at the Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis.
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President Paul Brunet said in an interview with the Journal.
“To me it is a suspicious death and should be examined by a coroner,” he said.
According to Mr. Brunet, an investigation carried out by the administration of the Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis will not allow the family to have the right time.
‘A coroner’s examination is the only independent way to find out what happened […] Especially not an investigation by the administration. There’s someone dead, can we be serious?
Mrs Gilbert Gosselin died aged 86 on February 23 in conditions the family says are unacceptable.
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Gilbert Gosselin
Ms Gosselin was admitted to the Hôtel-Dieu-de-Lévis on February 21 with a hip fracture and was without water or food for almost 48 hours, in addition to spending many hours in her chair in the emergency room corridors had .