MLA calls IWK’s treatment of suicidal boy ‘unacceptable’
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‘As Tara said, she at a certain point, she might have to wake up and not have her son anymore,’ said Chender, who was interviewed with Mills at the NDP caucus office. ‘This after presenting at the region’s leading hospital, the IWK, three times with a child, as Tara said, who is bleeding and restrained by police and had choke marks around his neck. I mean that’s just completely unacceptable.’
As for social workers’ reaction to Mills’ profanity, Chender said the staff’s response likely would have been different if it was a father expressing frustration.
‘When a man uses a well-placed swear word, they are often deemed as powerful and exerting authority and a woman does it, they’re seen as crazy,’ Chender said.
‘So I think that’s an important piece of this story. As Tara said, when she showed up, what would have made the difference? For her voice to have been heard and respected. And for her knowledge about the situation with her son. Not only did that not happen, but the opposite happened, she was in fact left out and made to doubt herself, which I just think is unconscionable.’
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