Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner

• N.S. nurse tells police review board that officer seemed to place blame on victim

  A nurse who examined a Nova Scotia woman to collect evidence of rape is testifying at a hearing into alleged police mishandling of the case.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2023
  
• More nurses quit Manitoba service for sexual assault victims amid ongoing staffing issues

  On Tuesday Gordon said she holds health leaders accountable after two more casual nurses who collect evidence after sexual and domestic assaults in Manitoba resigned.

  Health

  Mar 22, 2023
  
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• Staffing issues still affecting care for sex, domestic assault victims in Winnipeg: nurse

  'I don't know how to sleep at night knowing that someone came for care and I decided to to go home.'

  Health

  Feb 28, 2023
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• Dozens turned away after sex, domestic assaults in Winnipeg, jeopardizing criminal cases: nurses

  The lone full-time forensic nurse working at Health Sciences Centre's Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program estimates 50 victims have been turned away since the summer.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2023
• N.B. sexual assault nurse says systemic failure led to rape victim being turned away

  A New Brunswick sexual assault nurse examiner says the case of a rape victim being turned away last month was the result of a systemic failure, not a lack of compassion.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2022
• Health authority says delayed rape kit for N.B. woman ‘unacceptable,’ review launched

  One of New Brunswick’s health authorities says a delay in examining a woman seeking a rape kit at a hospital last month was 'unacceptable.'

  Canada

  Sep 13, 2022
• Sexual assault victims on Grand Manan will now be flown to Saint John for examination

  Previously, a person who was sexually assaulted in Grand Manan, N.B., would have to take a ferry to the mainland and then drive to Saint John in order to receive an examination.

  Health

  May 16, 2019
• Moncton woman speaks out following alleged drink tampering

  A weekend venture downtown for Taylor Woods and a friend turned into a scary experience as she began to drift in and out of consciousness.

  Crime

  Nov 28, 2018
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• Lack of treatment for N.S. sexual assault victim ‘unacceptable’: McNeil

  Premier Stephen McNeil says the way a young sexual assault victim was recently treated at a hospital in Truro, N.S., was unacceptable, and he's called on the Health Department to determine who was responsible.

  Canada

  Sep 7, 2018