Patients' Rights

• Montreal medical malpractice lawyer receives justice award in Quebec City

  Jean-Pierre Ménard's decades of legal advocacy include fighting to protect the rights of patients against the health-care system and medical malpractice.

  Canada

  Sep 24, 2019
  
• Patients seek to sue Quebec over alleged mistreatment in long-term care facilities

  A patients' rights group is seeking authorization for a class-action lawsuit against Quebec long-term care facilities for the alleged mistreatment of patients.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2018
  
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• Security concerns still an issue at Montreal General Hospital after nurse attack

  There is no live camera feed from the Montreal General Hospital's psychiatric ER to the main security desk.

  Health

  Apr 26, 2018
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• MUHC being sued by obstetricians and gynecologists for quotas limiting deliveries

  A group of obstetricians and gynecologists who work at the Royal Victoria Hospital is suing the McGill University Health Centre for setting what they claim are discriminatory quotas.

  Health

  Oct 24, 2016
• Alberta says it won’t prosecute physician-assisted deaths

  Alberta says it will not prosecute any physician or member of a health care team involved in a physician assisted death that falls within the scope of the Supreme Court of Canada's 2015 ruling on the issue.

  Health

  Jun 8, 2016
• Alberta health minister says no legal gap looming on assisted dying

  Health Minister Sarah Hoffman says there won't be a legal vacuum when physician-assisted death becomes legal next week, even though two levels of government have yet to put their regulations in place.

  Health

  Jun 1, 2016
• Alberta government introduces motion on physician-assisted death

  Alberta's NDP government introduced a motion on Monday in order to launch a debate on physician-assisted death.

  Health

  May 30, 2016
• Mother dies week after son says she was pressured to leave hospital

  A Montreal man has filed a complaint against the Suroît Hospital in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield after he says his mother was discharged and then died a week later.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2016