Class-action lawsuit filed over B.C. nurse impersonation allegations

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The PHSA is facing a potential class action lawsuit on behalf of patients being treated by a woman accused of posing as a nurse

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Derrick bum

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Dec 16, 202148 minutes ago2 minutes read Join the conversation BC Children's and Women's Hospital on Oak Street. BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital on Oak Street. Photo by Peter Battistoni /Vancouver sun.

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A Vancouver law firm is attempting to uphold a class action lawsuit against the provincial health department seeking compensation for patients from Brigitte Cleroux, who is accused of posing as a nurse at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Center in Vancouver.

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Attorney Scott Stanley of Murphy Battista LLP filed the lawsuit Thursday in the BC Supreme Court on behalf of lead plaintiff Miranda Massie, who was a patient on or about January 12 at BC Women’s Hospital, where Cleroux was involved in her treatment.

Cleroux was arrested by Vancouver police in November for fraudulently using a registered nurse’s name while employed by BC Women’s between June 2020 and June 2021.

Cleroux faces similar charges in Ottawa, where she was arrested on August 23, after investigations into identity theft, criminal negligence and fraudulent incidents of alleged wrongdoing as a nurse in a medical and dental clinic.

The allegation alleges that the PHSA failed to properly review and discontinue Clerouxs testimonials despite having “an extensive history of using fake testimonials to work illegally as a nurse,” information that was “readily available” to the PHSA.

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Cleroux was fired on or about June 30 when the PHSA discovered she had forged her credentials, the lawsuit states, but “PHSA knew, or should have known, that Cleroux was unqualified regardless of her professional credentials when Working as a nurse based on a lack of competence and ethics in dealing with patients demonstrated. “

The application is made on behalf of all patients treated, directly or indirectly, by Cleroux between June 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021.

Patients consented to Cleroux’s treatment, stating that she was a registered nurse, so anyone she treated “did so without legal consent and kept a battery”.

None of the claims in the lawsuit or indictment against Cleroux have been proven in court.

The lawsuit seeks total damages for the plaintiffs along with punitive damages against PHSA.

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