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Sant\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec has requested an independent investigation following the deaths of three minors, over a short period of time, who were under the care of the Batshaw Youth and Family Centres. <\/p>\n
The regional health authority asked the Bureau de l\u2019inspectrice nationale (BIN) to look into the causes, key issues, and potential gaps in the delivery of services to youth and their families, it said in a news release published Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
The BIN is an office that can be tasked by Sant\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec to inspect and investigate health-care settings and businesses for issues pertaining to public health.<\/p>\n
Two teens and a four-year-old girl died within weeks of each other in March, leading to an investigation by Quebec’s coroner’s office.<\/p>\n
“This process aims to obtain an objective and independent perspective on the situation,” reads Sant\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec’s news release. <\/p>\n
Both teens, a girl, 16, and a boy, 17, died by suicide, while the young girl showed signs of malnutrition and bruising when she died, according to the\u00a0Montreal Gazette, who first reported on two of the deaths last week.<\/a><\/p>\n