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The Canadian Press \u00a007\/08\/2024\u00a0 The family of an Indigenous woman who died in hospital has filed a lawsuit against the Nova Scotia health authority and four doctors who treated her, claiming they were negligent in caring for the 22-year-old woman with fungal meningitis. A notice of action filed July 25 in Supreme Court says Destiny Rennie, who experienced \u201cbrain death\u201d on Aug. 3, 2023, and was pronounced dead three days later with meningitis, was mistreated by doctors who thought she was a drug user. A doctor allegedly assessed Rennie as likely to have been using illicit drugs, and then ordered a blood test that showed the only drugs in her system not prescribed by a doctor were cannabinoids \u2014 chemicals found in cannabis. Her family also alleges that hospital staff… <\/p>\n

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The Canadian Press \u00a007\/08\/2024\u00a0 The family of an Indigenous woman who died in hospital has filed a lawsuit against the Nova Scotia health authority and four doctors who treated her, claiming they were negligent in caring for the 22-year-old woman with fungal meningitis. A notice of action filed July 25 in Supreme Court says Destiny Rennie, who experienced \u201cbrain death\u201d on Aug. 3, 2023, and was pronounced dead three days later with meningitis, was mistreated by doctors who thought she was a drug user. A doctor allegedly assessed Rennie as likely to have been using illicit drugs, and then ordered a blood test that showed the only drugs in her system not prescribed by a doctor were cannabinoids \u2014 chemicals found in cannabis. Her family also alleges that hospital staff... <\/p>\n

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