A toddler who is almost three years old died due to complications from cancer. Now, her mother wants justice as she claimed that the doctors failed to detect her daughter's tumor despite visiting the northern nursing station at least 40 times.
Alexandria Harper said her daughter Violet was turning three when she passed away in Dec 2013. But one month before she died doctors in Winnipeg hospital discovered a large cancerous tumor on her kidney that led to her death, CBCNews reported.
The lawsuit was filed in Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench last month. The defendants of the lawsuit are Northern Regional Health Authority, the Government of Manitoba and Dr. Afshin Mobarakeh. The lawsuit alleged that the girl's death was due to negligence by the doctor and the nursing station at the St. Theresa Point First Nation.
According to the legal documents filed, Harper brought her daughter to the nursing station at least 40 times between March 2011 and Dec 2013 and the only medications her daughter received from the station included Tylenol and Pedialyte. She also claimed that her daughter was attended by multiple nurses and practitioner as well as Dr. Mobarakeh.
Harper invariably took her daughter to the nursing station as she was consistently vomiting, had no appetite, had a fever, ear infections and diarrhea that lasted for days. She also noticed that Violet was gradually losing weight and started complaining about her aching stomach.
The lawsuit also claimed that one time, Alexandria took her daughter to the nursing station to have her examine. But one test was redone due to "administrative error." Harper also said that she told the staff many times about the lumps on her daughter's stomach.
In early Dec, Violet was taken to a new doctor Habib Vakilitahami. The doctor quickly examined the toddler in Children's Hospital in Winnipeg. The doctor then asked for a CT scan and discovered there's a tumor larger than a softball on one of Violet's kidneys. "It's late stage and had spread throughout her internal organs," the legal docs stated.
Harper's daughter was immediately sent to Edmonton for a chemotherapy but she died nine days later. According to the statement her death was "preventable" but the professionals who attended her "failed in their duty" on providing her the care she needs.
No statement of defense has been filed yet. Manitoba Health Minister Sharon Blady refused to comment as she thinks that the matter should be discussed within the court.
