Lindsey Coyle, a former nurse at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death for creating fraudulent medication records for Hermina Fletcher, a patient in palliative care, in order to steal morphine, resulting in Fletcher receiving increased doses of the drug and causing her death in 2015
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Hermina Fletcher died in hospital in 2015.
In claims filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, her family alleges Lindsey Coyle’s actions contributed to the death. Those include the theft of medication, failing to administer medication, and forging of medical records.
They also hold Riverside liable for Coyle’s actions.
None of the allegations have been proven in court.
Hermina Fletcher, 76, died in Fort Frances hospital in January 2015 (Northridge Funeral Home)
FORT FRANCES, Ont. The operator of LaVerendrye Hospital and a former nurse are facing a $3 million lawsuit from the family of a patient who died in the hospital six years ago.
A statement of claim has been filed by the estate of Hermina Fletcher together with her surviving son and granddaughter.
She was 76 years old when she passed away in January 2015.
The claim against Riverside Health Care Facilities and ex-nurse Lindsey Coyle alleges that she suffered intense pain for weeks, and ultimately died because Coyle stole her medication, because her pain medication was improperly administered, and because Coyle forged medical records related to the medication.