N.S. inquiry into killings by war veteran calls for better sharing of medical files

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — An inquiry that investigated why a former soldier in Nova Scotia killed three family members and himself in 2017 says health-care professionals could have done a better job of sharing Lionel Desmond’s complex medical history.

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