Regina family shares palliative care horror story. Stillshot from APTN Investigates preview video
The death of a 39-year-old Aboriginal woman in a Regina hospital two years ago is the subject of a special investigative piece, which will air on APTN Investigates Friday night.
Juliette Tapaquon died of cervical cancer in October 2014.
Her family claims she was denied compassionate care, was the subject of racial profiling and was even kicked out of the hospital because she wrote a text to her care nurse, saying she did not like the way a doctor was treating her.
APTN Investigates reporter, Kathleen Martens, says police were even called in.
“They escorted Juliette out of palliative care and out of the hospital,” she said. “Additionally, Juliette told her family that she was barred from the hospital, could not return and not allowed to even come on hospital property. And they discharged her, the family says, without a care plan.”
Tapaquon was eventually readmitted to the hospital a few weeks before she died, but was placed in a general ward.
The APTN report airs Friday night at 6:30 pm, you can also view it on their website.