Saturday, Jan 05, 2008
Toronto Star
Massive review of baby deaths sought
The Toronto Star reports that provincial opposition parties and legal groups are calling for a review of approximately 200 investigations into child deaths in Ontario. SGM's Louis Sokolov is quoted as saying that, since the inquiry began into mistakes made by Dr. Charles Smith, it has become increasingly evident that problems with the practice of pathology in Ontario run deeper than originally expected. "What we've heard from the inquiry is that the problems appear to go far beyond the 20-odd Dr. Smith cases that are the subject of the inquiry. They go beyond that time frame and go beyond Dr. Smith himself".
Louis is also quoted as stating that: "What we do know is that for a long period of time, there has been inadequate supervision of pathologists in the province of Ontario. ... We are gravely concerned that there are other people who have been wrongfully convicted and wrongfully prosecuted as a result of flawed pathology in the province of Ontario and all of those cases need to be examined."
Louis also stated that Dr. Smith's older cases, which are not part of the current inquiry, must been reviewed.
