She should still be here: Family calls for justice in wake of N.S. womans death – Halifax [Video]

The family of 22-year-old Destiny Rennie, a Mi’kmaw woman who died last summer in a Nova Scotia hospital, joined supporters in calling for justice during a march through the streets of Halifax Friday.

Rennie’s family has alleged in a lawsuit that her death was due to negligence, and claims race may have been a factor.

“She should still be here,” said her father, Tim Toney.

A notice of action filed July 25 in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court says Rennie, who experienced “brain death” on Aug. 3, 2023, and was pronounced dead three days later with meningitis, was mistreated by doctors who thought she was an illicit drug user.

Her family alleges that hospital staff and doctors were “generally negligent” in their supervision and monitoring of Rennie’s symptoms and slow to act as her health deteriorated over several days.

The allegations have not been tested in court, and the Nova Scotia Health …