MONTREAL The coroner s inquest into the death of Joyce Echaquan is set to begin Thursday at the Trois-Rivières courthouse. The Indigenous mother from the Atikamekw community of Manawan died on September 28 at Joliette Hospital after being subjected to degrading insults by two employees. Shortly before her death, the 37-year-old woman filmed herself from her hospital bed with her cellphone. In the video, Echaquan is seen to be agitated and in pain, while a nurse and an orderly can be heard talking, insulting her and hurling abuse at her. Both employees were fired shortly afterwards. The video was widely circulated on social media and triggered a wave of shock and outrage, with many denouncing the systemic racism against Indigenous people and the impact on the quality of health care they receive.
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