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custody_injury · 2025-Q3
An elderly woman died from intracerebral hemorrhage after being hit by an automatic door in a seniors' home. The coroner's report led to recommendations to improve door safety and detection systems in seniors' homes.
vehicle_death · 2024-Q2
A person died from polytrauma after being struck by a vehicle while riding a motorized scooter in Montreal. The intersection where the accident occurred had visibility, signage, and marking issues.
vehicle_death · 2025-Q2
A person died from a severe head injury after colliding with a moose on a highway in a region. The coroner's office is recommending additional measures to prevent similar collisions, including the installation of anti-deer fencing.
custody_death · 2023-Q3
A person died from asphyxiation by obstruction of the upper airways in a temporary transitional resource center in Montreal. The person had a known swallowing disorder and risk of choking. The circumstances surrounding the death, including the lack of adequate surveillance and delays in emergency intervention, raise questions about the evaluation of user needs, collaboration, and information sharing between teams, as well as the management of emergency situations to ensure user safety.
custody_death · 2025-Q4
A person died of sudden cardiac death at their home, after a medical consultation and taking analgesics. The circumstances surrounding the death raise issues regarding clinical evaluation and emergency care.
vehicle_death · 2022-Q1
A person died after being hit by a vehicle while walking on the sidewalk in a city. The coroner's office made recommendations to the city to improve pedestrian safety.
vehicle_death · 2026-Q2
A person died from a severe head trauma after falling from a vehicle near a bike path with a significant elevation difference in a city. The coroner's office is recommending that the property manager and the city take measures to secure the area and prevent similar accidents.
custody_injury · 2024-Q2
A person died from multiple injuries after falling from a structure in a city. The person had a diagnosis and had visited the emergency room several times before their death. The circumstances of their death raise questions about the care of people in mental health crisis.
custody_injury · 2024-Q2
A person died from medical complications after a fall with probable head trauma in a long-term care facility in a city. The circumstances surrounding the death raise questions about the application of fall protocols and the respect of care levels.
custody_injury · 2024-Q2
Un homme est décédé d’un syndrome coronarien aigu à Montréal. Il était hospitalisé pour une greffe hépatique et présentait un délirium actif, ayant quitté sa chambre sans être supervisé avant d’être retrouvé inanimé dans une cage d’escalier.
custody_death · 2021-Q1
A child died due to a non-compaction cardiomyopathy after undergoing cardiac surgery in a region. The circumstances surrounding the death raise questions about the detection and management of cardiac anomalies in young patients, as well as the improvement of care in pediatric cardiology.
custody_death · 2024-Q1
custody_death · 2026-Q1
A person died of septicemia of biliary origin at home in Montreal. In the days preceding their death, they had consulted several times for a deterioration of their condition, showing abnormal test results.
custody_death · 2024-Q4
A person died by asphyxiation at their home in Longueuil. They were socially isolated and had a history of substance abuse. They had been hospitalized for a suicidal crisis before their death but refused follow-up care after their release.
custody_injury · 2025-Q3
A person died from complications related to pressure sores in a long-term care facility in a region of Quebec, after a prolonged period of immobilization following a hip fracture caused by an accidental fall. The coroner's report highlights issues with risk assessment, prevention, and monitoring of pressure sores in bedridden patients.
asphyxie · 2025-Q2
A person died from asphyxiation by obstruction of the airways during a meal in a private residence for the elderly. The circumstances surrounding the death raise questions about the keeping of incident records, the improvement of protocols and communications to prevent risky situations in private residences for the elderly.
custody_injury · 2024-Q4
A person died from medical complications related to a head trauma at a private seniors' residence in a city. The circumstances surrounding the death raise concerns about supervision and the reporting of accidents.
custody_death · 2026-Q1
A person died from acute coronary syndrome in a context of recent cocaine consumption at their home in a city. They had severe heart disease with coronary endoprostheses. The circumstances surrounding this death raise issues related to cardiological follow-up and risk prevention associated with stimulants.
suicide · 2025-Q3
A person died by asphyxiation at their home, with circumstances suggesting a need for prevention of romantic scams and access to suicide prevention resources.
custody_death · 2023-Q2
A person died from acute alcohol intoxication while in police detention in a rural area. The individual had an undetected bottle of alcohol and did not receive a medical evaluation despite being heavily intoxicated. The circumstances surrounding the death raise questions about police search practices, detention surveillance, and medical protocol application for intoxicated individuals.