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Mary Jonette Miley Bull-Sinclair of O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation<\/p>\n
Flett said his niece was injured in a tobogganing accident and transported to the Dauphin Regional Health Centre on March 16.<\/p>\n
The girl was released with her arm in a sling, despite her mother\u2019s questions as to whether the arm should have been in a cast. She was not assessed by a doctor during the visit, and her family said they were not provided with a plan for followup care.<\/p>\n
Her pain became \u201cunmanageable\u201d over the following days, and her family again called for an ambulance on March 19. She returned to the Dauphin hospital \u2014 about 125 kilometres away \u2014 early the following day and received a new sling before being discharged, Flett said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMary was crying, and so was her mother. She wanted to go back to the hospital. Her mother was at a loss at what to do,\u201d he said. \u201cThey didn\u2019t know what to do after being sent home from the hospital two times.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The family noticed discolouration on the child\u2019s chest on March 21. They found she had fallen asleep on her broken arm, and soon realized her fingers were turning purple and fluid was leaking from her mouth and nose, Flett said.<\/p>\n
Jerry Daniels, grand chief of the Southern Chiefs Organization, said the Office of the Medical Examiner is investigating the circumstances surrounding the girl\u2019s death. Her family has agreed to an in-depth autopsy and additional testing.<\/p>\n
Daniels called for an examination of protocols followed by health-care staff who treated the child, and whether systemic barriers contributed to her death.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer life mattered. We owe it to her memory to ensure that every question is examined carefully and that any lessons arising from this tragedy help protect other children and families in the future,\u201d he said in a news release.<\/p>\n
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Tyler Searle Tyler Searle is a multimedia producer who writes for the Free Press\u2019s city desk. A graduate of Red River College Polytechnic\u2019s creative communications program, he wrote for the Stonewall Teulon Tribune, Selkirk Record and Express Weekly News before joining the paper in 2022.\u00a0Read more about Tyler<\/a>.<\/p>\n Every piece of reporting Tyler produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print \u2014 part of the Free Press\u2018s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press\u2019s history and mandate<\/a>, and learn how our newsroom operates<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.<\/p>\n \t\t
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