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The family of Joyce Echaquan is suing the Quebec hospital where she died for $2.7-million

by Lorraine Carpenter

Yesterday marked the second anniversary of Echaquan’s untimely death, which has been attributed in part to neglect and racist treatment by hospital staff.

Lawyers for the family of Joyce Echaquan are suing the he hospital in Joliette, Quebec where the 37-year-old Atikamekw woman died on Sept. 28, 2020. The family is asking for $2.675-million in compensatory and punitive damages.

Yesterday marked the second anniversary of Echaquan’s untimely death, which has been attributed in part to neglect and racist treatment by hospital staff, according to the coroner’s report. The wrongful death lawsuit against the Lanaudière CIUSSS names the doctor and (now ex-) nurse who attended Echaquan as well as the hospital itself.

Echaquan was the mother of seven children.

Quebec Premier François Legault has said on several occasions that the racism problem at the hospital in Joliette has been solved.

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by Lorraine Carpenter

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Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.