16-04-2019 23:59 via ottawacitizen.com

'There was chaos everywhere Justin went,' inquest told

Identifying and treating people with a serious mental illness like Justin St. Amour before they become violent might be cheaper in the long run than sending them to hospital or to jail, the medical director of Ottawa’s Inner City Health testified Tuesday at a coroner’s inquest.
“There was chaos anywhere Justin went,” said Dr. Jeff Turnbull, who quit his job as chief of staff at The Ottawa Hospital to work with the city’s poor and vulnerable on the streets.
“If
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