Jim,

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>My brother died of Aspergillus fungus infection in a Montreal hospital this year. He had been in the hospital for 10 days when the infection was found despite these conditions:

First and most importantly, I am sorry to hear of your loss.


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>A lawyer contacted my sister-in-law to have her join a class action suit against the hospital. She declined, despite pressure (not a lot, but too much under the circumstances) from the lawyer.
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>It was her decision and we all felt that she did the right thing. A good part of the reasoning was that taking millions from the hospital did no other patient any good at all (they are publically funded in Canada) and would probably actually hurt future patients.

Secondly, and not that it's any of my business... Wouldn't receiving a small amount of $$ help replace the lost wages and so forth now that your brother was no longer around to help?

Again.. I understand this is a private affair and I've had to also wrestle with issues like this so I mean no offense. I was just curious. Does Canada step into situations like this and provide for her in a form like our Social Security Administration would?