03-03-2018 22:45 via montrealgazette.com

MUHC implements changes after death of Kimberly Gloade

The McGill University Health Centre says it has changed the way patients without valid medicare cards are treated in light of the 2016 death of Kimberly Gloade, an Indigenous woman who left the hospital after being told she would need to pay for treatment. 
The 43-year-old Mi’kmaq woman died weeks after she was brought to the Royal Victoria Hospital by ambulance and left without seeing a doctor. Her boyfriend alleges she was turned away after being asked to pay $1,400 b
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