A former nurse at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre told a Coroner's Inquest on Thursday that the death of Shannon Sargent, an inmate at the facility, never should have happened.
Sargent was found dead in her cell at the Innes Road jail on July 20, 2016, the day after she arrived. The inquest is mandatory because Sargent died while in custody.
Longmuir testified Sargent was so sick when she arrived she knew she had to get to the hospital right away. The inquest heard when Sargent arrived on July 19 she was weak, her pulse was racing and she had very low blood pressure. There were also concerns she had a C. difficile infection. Under cross-examination, Longmuir said she was stunned by the resistance of the supervisor on duty who said Sargent had already been to the Ottawa Hospital before arriving at the jail.
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