By Caitrin Pilkington Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The woman’s lawyer is separately seeking to hear from other women in the territory who may have suffered involuntary sterilization, saying a class action could ultimately follow. Kotaska, a doctor formerly employed at Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife, released a statement at the end of August following sanctions by a board of inquiry earlier this year. In November 2019, during a diagnostic surgery in which a patient had given consent to remove only her right fallopian tube and ovary if necessary, Kotaska opted to remove both tubes. The procedure left her sterile. A board of inquiry representing the N.W.T.’s medical licensing authority found the decision to remove both tubes “represented a significant lapse in judgment” and suspended his medical licence for five months….
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