CISSS de Laval finished its latest fiscal year with a deficit of $2,747,565, the board reported during their annual general meeting at Cité de la Santé on Nov. 15.
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Two nurses at a CLSC in Joliette were fired on Tuesday following an investigation into an allegation by an Atikamekw woman that they mocked her and treated her with disdain, the local health and social services agency announced late Tuesday.
The CISSS de Lanaudière said it launched an internal investigation after the woman went public with her allegation of racism. The two employees were initially suspended without pay. They were met with on Tuesday to hear their side of the story, the CISSS said in a press release. In the afternoon, the CISSS fired the two, it said.
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People take part in a protest called Justice for Joyce in Montreal, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, where they demanded Justice for Joyce Echaquan and an end to systemic racism. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
MONTREAL – Two Quebec nurses accused of mocking an Indigenous patient at a public clinic northeast of Montreal have been fired, the regional health authority said Tuesday.
The nurses allegedly referred to an Indigenous patient as “Joyce” in reference to Joyce Echaquan – an Atikamekw woman who filmed herself being mocked by health-care workers as she lay dying in a Joliette, Que., hospital in September. That video was shared around the world.
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