TROIS-RIVIERES The brother of an Indigenous woman subjected to insults as she lay dying in a Quebec hospital testified Friday he was shocked at her condition when he visited the medical facility last September. Stephane Echaquan told the coroner s inquest examining the circumstances of the death of his sister, Joyce Echaquan, that she was bruised and shackled to a bed at the hospital in Joliette, Que., northeast of Montreal. It s inhuman, I never thought I d see a member of my family being tied up like an animal, he told the inquiry. The 37-year-old Atikamekw mother of seven filmed herself at the hospital last September as female staff were caught on the Facebook Live video insulting and mocking her. The video of her seeking help and being ridiculed circulated widely on social media and prompted widespread indignation across the country.
Joyce Echaquan posthumously awarded Rosa Parks prize in Quebec
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Indigenous woman Joyce Echaquan posthumously awarded Rosa Parks prize in Quebec
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