Most instances of the Canadian health-care system hurting rather than healing patients are not even reported by staff internally, a Post investigation has found.
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Catherine Adamson says most people don’t believe her when she tells them B.C. medical personnel who commit errors leading to the wrongful death of a child are effectively out of range for legal damages.
Since her daughter died in 1997, Adamson has been fighting to change B.C.’s Family Compensation Act, which limits financial compensation for wrongful deaths to those who had dependents.
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Investigations by the coroner’s office and the children’s commission (the latter of which was abolished in 2002 by the B.C. Liberals) found Heidi died of medical errors.
But when Adamson asked her lawyer about the next steps after Heidi’s death, she was told there were none..
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British Columbia needs to overhaul laws governing awards in medical malpractice cases, the Wrongful Death Law Reform Group urged Sunday.
At present, they say, the laws mean no damages can be awarded in wrongful death cases unless the victim was a wage earner or guardian of dependents.
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Advocates of changing the law say B.C. is among the last provinces in Canada to allow for the suing of non-pecuniary damages for wrongful deaths.
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