Gambler gave birth in the emergency department without any nursing care or a physician being called and the infant later died in a basket...said the document.
Pearl Gambler gave birth prematurely in June 2020 to Sakihitowin Azaya Gambler at the Misericordia Hospital in west Edmonton, said a statement of claim filedin Court of King’s Bench in June. The suit said she went to the hospital after suffering cramps and that she consented under duress to a vaginal exam, causing an “immense amount of pain.”Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
The suit said that while Gambler was hemorrhaging after the birth, a hospital staff member referred to the dead infant as a “specimen” and asked Gambler what she wanted to do with it. None of the allegations have been proven in court. Covenant Health, a Catholic health-care provider that operates the hospital, has not filed a statement of defence.
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