Inuit centre: report in on two highway deaths
The coroner’s report is in on two highway deaths near the Ullivik Centre in Dorval, where Inuit visitors are put up while having medical treatments in the city. The two deaths occurred separately within 24 hours in August 2022, and one of the women was in a wheelchair. Éric Lépine has a series of recommendations so that the residents will understand the local geography and they won’t feel so isolated.
Nicholas 18:54 on 2024-07-04 Permalink
The local geography is they put this centre in an industrial zone and literally on a highway and surrounded by two other highways and a rail line, with no services or parks or homes or anything nearby unless you take an incredibly unpleasant walk (I’ve done it). I can’t imagine not feeling isolated there.
Kate 19:48 on 2024-07-04 Permalink
I suspect that was done on purpose. They must be hoping to keep their visitors from wandering away into the city.
When my sister worked at the old Children’s, they often had Inuit patients who’d arrive to accompany a family member, and these relatives would sometimes drift away and have to be found and brought back when the kid was ready to go home. One of the usual spots was the old Diana Bar on Ste‑Catherine somewhere near St‑Mathieu.
Nicholas 23:49 on 2024-07-04 Permalink
I’m sure they put it there because everyone flies in and so they can easily transport them from the airport. If you’re undergoing medical treatment I get not wanting people to leave. So I get that for sure.
And I remember passing that Bar Diana sign hundreds of times, but never went in. There are a few stories about it, I’ll read up tomorrow.
Ian 09:54 on 2024-07-05 Permalink
A lot of very bad things happened in Diana, including being a common point for not a few murdered & missing native women.