Death of Brian Sinclair

Brian Sinclair (1963 – September 21, 2008) was an Indigenous Canadian man whose death in a hospital waiting room led to widespread concern on the state of the healthcare system in Canada. On September 21, 2008, Sinclair waited 34 hours for medical attention at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre.[1] Sinclair died while he was waiting and had developed rigor mortis when medical staff attended to him.[2]

  1. ^ "Brian Sinclair ignored by Winnipeg ER:report". CBC News. September 5, 2013. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Death after 34-hour ER wait was preventable: judge". CTV News. December 12, 2014. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.