US EditionVancouver health authority sued over death of Canadian senator’s son
The lawsuit alleges negligence by hospital staff after Benjamin Woo went missing during a cigarette break, delaying his discovery by four days and denying life-saving treatment.
- The Vancouver Coastal Health authority is being sued over the death of musician Benjamin Marks Woo, the son of a Canadian senator, after he went missing from involuntary psychiatric care at Vancouver General Hospital in November 2023.
- Woo's mother, Dr. Patricia McAvity, had warned staff that he posed a suicide and overdose risk, but the lawsuit claims staff negligently failed to search for Woo after he went missing during a break, and his body was found on hospital grounds four days later.
- The lawsuit, filed by McAvity, alleges negligence by the health authority and staff, and seeks damages, stating the delay in finding Woo's body meant he received no life-saving treatment and his organs could not be donated as he had wished.
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Vancouver health authority sued over death of Canadian senator’s son
The Vancouver Coastal Health authority is being sued over the death of a Canadian senator’s son whose body was found on the grounds of Vancouver General Hospital, four days after he went missing from involuntary psychiatric care.
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Vancouver health authority sued over death of Canadian senator's son
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Coastal Health authority is being sued over the death of a Canadian senator's son whose body was found on the grounds of Vancouver General Hospital, four days after he went missing from involuntary psychiatric care.
Vancouver health authority sued over death of Canadian senator's son – Energeticcity.ca
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Coastal Health authority is being sued over the death of a Canadian senator’s son whose body was found on the grounds of Vancouver General Hospital, four days after he went missing from involuntary psychiatric care. The lawsuit accuses the health authority and medical staff of negligence in the November 2023 death of musician Benjamin Marks Woo whose mother says she had warned staff that he posed a risk of suicide and d…
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