A hospital orderly who was captured on video criticizing Joyce Echaquan shortly before her death testified today that she meant no harm with her comments. In the video Echaquan recorded, the orderly is heard saying: "What would your children think, seeing you like this?" The orderly insisted there was no racism or bias against Echaquan, although she acknowledged she assumed Echaquan "had made bad choices" because a nurse told her that Echaquan was in withdrawal. A patient attendant told the inquest that leaving a restrained patient unsupervised went against protocol at the Joliette hospital. The patient attendant testified that she knew right away something was wrong.

Source: CBC News May 19, 2021 16:14 UTC