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Manitoba NDP calls for inquest into death of Thompson bus passenger

Provincial NDP leader Wab Kinew wants a review of healthcare practice after a heart patient died enroute to a followup appointment. Brittany Greenslade / Global News

The leader of Manitoba’s Opposition is calling for an inquest into the death of an Indigenous man while he was on a bus travelling to Winnipeg for a medical appointment.

Abraham Donkey, who was 58, was travelling from Thompson, Man., for a followup appointment after recent heart surgery.

He died on Oct. 3rd during a 10-hour bus trip.

NDP Leader Wab Kinew says neither Manitoba Health nor the federal government’s First Nations and Inuit Health Branch offered to pay for a flight and refused to cover expenses for a family member to go with Donkey.

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Kinew says an inquest is important to understand what happened and how a similar death can be avoided.

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When asked in question period about Donkey’s death, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Indigenous Services Department is looking into the details.

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