Death following bed sores | The widow of a trucker sues the CISSS des Laurentides
The widow of Normand Meunier, this paralyzed trucker who received medical assistance in dying following complications linked to serious bed sores, will sue the CISSS des Laurentides, announced her lawyer, Me Patrick Martin-Ménard. And the Spinal Cord and Motricity Quebec organization, which represents people with spinal cord injuries, is also “considering the possibility of filing a class action” against Santé Québec and the Ministry of Health.
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Yesterday, the Coroner’s Office tabled the public inquiry report of Mr.e Dave Kimpton regarding the death of Mr. Meunier, which occurred on March 29, 2024. The coroner’s report contains 31 recommendations which mainly target the health establishments in which Mr. Meunier passed before his death, and where he contracted or aggravated his bed sores.
Reread the article “Bed sores and “obstacle course” for a sixty-year-old at the end of his life”
Sylvie Brosseau, Mr. Meunier’s widow, alleges “gaps in the hospital field” and considers that the entire system is “inadequate to take care of these patients.” She therefore intends to sue the CISSS des Laurentides for damages.
Son avocat, Me Patrick Martin-Ménard, hopes for an amicable solution so as not to “constrain Mme Brosseau to go through the trying stages of a contested legal case.”
Ariane Gauthier-Tremblay, community organizer in the defense of rights component at Mémo Québec, wishes to “echo the wishes of several members [de Mémo Québec] » and considers a class action against Santé Québec and the Ministry of Health.
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Ariane Gauthier-Tremblay
The latter states that “several [membres de Mémo Québec] still have sores” that were caused by “deficiencies in the system”.
According to Me Martin-Ménard, this collective action would cover “all people who, like Mr. Meunier, were hospitalized without access to therapeutic surfaces or without the risk of pressure ulcers being assessed, taken into account, or treated, and who developed pressure ulcers”.
More details to come.
