Family of First Nation woman who died amid lack of medical travel asks for OPP probe
The family says four missed medical trips after open-heart surgery left Miranda Mamakwa without followup care and wants investigators to examine NIHB handling.
- On Thursday, the family of Miranda Mamakwa asked the Ontario Provincial Police to investigate her death, alleging Indigenous Services Canada failed to arrange crucial medical transportation after her open-heart surgery.
- Mamakwa lived in Fort Severn First Nation and required followup care after April heart surgery; her family alleges the Sioux Lookout, Ont., branch of the NIHB program failed to arrange travel on four separate occasions from May through August.
- In August, Mamakwa wrote on Facebook, "If I die, pls go after em." Her mother, Eva Mamakwa, stated that program staff "didn't care" while repeatedly failing to coordinate necessary travel.
- Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty said her department is reviewing the case and that Mamakwa's family deserves answers. The department confirmed it takes complaints to the Canadian Human Rights Commission seriously, responding "through the appropriate process."
- Last month, First Nations filed a human rights complaint alleging widespread program neglect. Lawyer Julian Falconer said, "We have created an apartheid system in this country as it relates to the delivery of medical services to Indigenous people. It must stop.
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Family of First Nation woman who died after being denied medical travel asks OPP to launch investigation
The family of a northern Ontario First Nation woman who died after she couldn't get to crucial medical appointments following open-heart surgery has asked provincial police to investigate her death.
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Family of First Nation woman who died amid lack of medical travel asks for OPP probe
The family of a northern Ontario First Nation woman who died after she couldn't get to crucial medical appointments following open-heart surgery has asked provincial police to investigate her death.
Family of First Nation woman who died amid lack of medical travel asks for OPP probe – 105.9 The Region
The family of a northern Ontario First Nation woman who died after she couldn’t get to crucial medical appointments following open-heart surgery has asked provincial police to investigate her death. Eva Mamakwa said her 31-year-old daughter, Miranda Mamakwa, died in September after Indigenous Services Canada’s non-insured health benefits program did not arrange travel for her followup appointments after the April surgery. Miranda Mamakwa lived i…
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