Anesthesiologist charged with manslaughter after patient’s death in Quebec
Police in Laval, Que. say a health-care worker has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with an elderly patient’s death in 2019.
In a statement Tuesday, police say Desormeau was the anesthesiologist during a surgery for an 84-year-old man atFollowing the operation, the man died in hospital on Nov. 1, 2019. The regional health authority for Laval’s board of directors accepted Desormeau’s resignation two weeks later, according to minutes from a general assembly meeting.“Questions about the circumstances of the death led to the opening of a police investigation,” police said in a statement.
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