Saskatchewan’s Opposition leader is calling on the province to investigate the death of a mother that Carla Beck claims was caused by lacking maternal care in rural areas.
The NDP leader said the death of Chelsea Bear, a mother-of-five who sought maternal care for pain in Meadow Lake, was caused by a lack of available services in non-urban parts of Saskatchewan.
Bear died while pregnant with twins, and only one of the infants survived. On Aug. 10 while experiencing pain and bleeding, Bear visited the Northwest Health Facility in Meadow Lake, located 300 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon — but was turned away, according to the Saskatchewan NDP.
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