FREDERICTON New Brunswick Health Minister Dorothy Shephard says she has asked the province’s child and youth advocate to review the mental health crisis services that exist in the province. On Wednesday, Shephard answered questions from the media for the first time since the death of Lexi Daken. The 16-year-old waited at the Everett Chalmers Hospital emergency room for over eight hours to see a psychiatrist, according to her parents. She never saw one. Daken died by suicide on Feb. 24. Shephard said she has spoken with Horizon Health Network senior officials to discuss “how we can address crisis care in our emergency rooms.”
Shephard stops short of calling public inquiry in wake of Fredericton teen s death
Health Minister Dorothy Shephard says she is asking for a review of services for mental health crisis care in the province, tell reporters Wednesday she stands behind her pledge to fix this broken system.
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Lexi's father, Chris Daken, is taken aback by the outpouring of attention, support and condolences his family is receiving in the wake of unspeakable tragedy.
Coon calls for public inquiry in wake of Fredericton teen s suicide
Green Party Leader David Coon says the first thing he thought when he heard the news of Lexi Daken s suicide last week was How can this happen again?
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Green Party Leader David Coon says the province s mental health system failed Lexi Daken and many New Brunswick teens before her.(CBC)
Green Party Leader David Coon is calling for a public inquiry into the handling of suicidal youth in provincial emergency rooms after the death of 16-year-old Lexi Daken last week.
In an interview with
Information Morning Fredericton on Monday, the executive director at the Canadian Mental Health Association of New Brunswick was overcome with emotion while discussing Lexi s death.
In an op-ed, lawyer Jody Carr, above, and UNB law professor Kerri Froc say Lexi s death is a violation of her rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.(CBC News file photo) This has to be the piece that moves us forward
Christa Baldwin noted that last week had started off with the promise of change, with a new mental health action plan, unveiled by Health Minister Dorothy Shephard, that would allow us to move forward.