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TORONTO, May 18 /CNW/ - Dr. Andrew McCallum, Regional Supervising Coroner for Eastern Ontario, today announced that an inquest will be held in the death of Roger Whisselle. Mr. Whisselle, 39, died January 30, 2004, while an inpatient in a psychiatric unit at the Hospital Montfort. He died after receiving medication to treat his disorder. The inquest will examine issues of medication use and surveillance. The inquest is expected to last five days and will hear from fifteen witnesses. The inquest will begin at 9 a.m. on September 6, 2005, at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, 160 Elgin Street, 11th Floor, Suite A-100, Hearing Room No. 2, Ottawa. Dr. Benoit Bechard will preside as inquest coroner. Crown counsel will be assigned in the near future. Disponible en français www.mpss.jus.gov.on.ca
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For further information: Dr. Andrew McCallum, Regional Supervising Coroner for Eastern Ontario, Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, (613) 239-1251
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