Living to tell the story: Lawsuit accuses ER doctor of anti-Indigenous racism

Living to tell the story: Lawsuit accuses ER doctor of anti-Indigenous racism

On Jan. 15, 2023, Justin Flett arrived at the emergency room at St. Anthony’s Hospital, in The Pas, Manitoba. According to Flett’s statement of claim, submitted to the Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba in December and as reported by CBC News and APTN, he told the triage nurse he was experiencing distressing abdominal pain. Flett was assigned a triage score of five, which is intended for non-urgent low-priority cases. The statement of claim alleg…