{"id":435936,"date":"2026-01-27T06:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/435936\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T06:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:54:09","slug":"man-left-in-snow-outside-prince-albert-hospital-joins-call-for-inquiry-into-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/435936\/","title":{"rendered":"Man left in snow outside Prince Albert hospital joins call for inquiry into security"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brydon Lafaver says security staff at Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert threw him into a wheelchair after he received treatment, wheeled him outside and left him in the snow injured, disoriented and with nowhere to go.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Lafaver sat with families and First Nations leaders in Saskatoon as the health ombudsperson’s office created by First Nations said the provincial government’s recently announced independent review into hospital security practices doesn\u2019t go far enough.<\/p>\n

Video footage of the December incident, previously reported by CBC News, showed three hospital security officers pushing Lafaver outside the hospital’s doors. The footage later shows him lying in a snowbank, alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very violently escorted out of the hospital by security and basically thrown in the snow,\u201d Lafaver said in an interview with CBC News on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"AA screenshot of a video posted on social media on Thursday, Dec. 11. CBC has blurred part of the photo to avoid identification. It shows three security guards escorting a man off of Prince Albert Victoria Hospital property on Dec. 11, 2025. (Facebook)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like a nightmare,\u201d he said. \u201cIt just really hurt and I\u2019m paranoid to even go back to the hospital or be treated.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Saskatchewan Health Authority later banned the guards involved and launched an investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was highly intoxicated, but I wasn’t being physically violent, or verbally, and had a broken foot too, and just nowhere to go,\u201d Lafaver said.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the SHA said it has completed its review of the incident and determined the actions of the contracted security officers involved did not meet its standards or align with its values.<\/p>\n

Part of a larger trend<\/p>\n

The First Nations Health Ombudsperson’s Office (FNHOO) said Lafaver\u2019s case is one of more than 20 serious complaints it’s currently handling involving SHA protective services staff and First Nations patients.<\/p>\n

\"PeopleSaskatchewan\u2019s First Nations Health Ombudsperson Dianne Lafond says her office is dealing with more than 20 serious complaints involving hospital security and First Nations patients. (Aishwarya Dudha\/CBC News)<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should not go to the hospital and come out worse \u2014 or come out injured, traumatized, or left in the cold,\u201d First Nations Health Ombudsperson Dianne Lafond said at a news conference in Saskatoon.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since opening in July 2023, the FNHOO says it has received more than 547 complaints from First Nations people navigating Saskatchewan\u2019s health-care system, many of which involve alleged mistreatment, racism or abuse of power.<\/p>\n

Lafond said those cases point to a \u201cclear and troubling pattern.\u201d<\/p>\n

Napoleon Derange, 59, also spoke with media on Monday. He said he\u2019s spent months in hospital and is relearning how to walk after what he called a violent encounter with hospital security.<\/p>\n

Now in a wheelchair, he said he\u2019s living with pain and fears he may never return to the work and activities he once loved, like hunting, fishing and trapping.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not too good to do that to the people,\u201d he said quietly. \u201cWe\u2019re all human, we\u2019re all the same people, living together in Canada.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Province launches review into hospital security<\/p>\n

Last week, Saskatchewan\u2019s Health Ministry ordered an independent, third-party review of hospital safety and security policies in the wake of the death of Trevor Dubois.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dubois, 36, died earlier this month after a physical altercation with security at Saskatoon\u2019s Royal University Hospital, where he was receiving cancer treatment.<\/p>\n

Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill and Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) CEO Andrew Will also announced the rollout of metal detectors in emergency departments in Saskatoon, Regina and other cities, after a pilot project last fall.<\/p>\n

Lafond said it’s not enough. She wants an inquiry with meaningful First Nations involvement, including engagement with her office, arguing that the province\u2019s review does not guarantee the level of Indigenous oversight families are asking for.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a statement, the health ministry said it’s considering options for an independent organization or individual capable of conducting a review.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Government of Saskatchewan feels it is important to engage in this work as quickly as possible, so one of the key elements in selecting an independent third party is capacity to undertake this work as soon as possible,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Dubois open complaint file<\/p>\n

Lafond also revealed on Monday that Dubois had an open complaint with her office before his death, related to previous treatment he received in the health-care system in September. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe wanted change. He didn\u2019t want this to happen to anyone else,\u201d Lafond said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has to stop. People deserve to feel safe when they go to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392],"class_list":["post-435936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}