Makibi Timilak’s father wants Nunavut government to fire chief coroner – CBC

Dec 02, 2015

Padma Suramala under fire over handling of investigation into baby’s death

The father of Makibi Timilak is calling for the territory’s chief coroner to be fired over how the investigation into the death of his infant was handled.

Luutaaq Qaumagiaq’s son was three months old when he died in 2012 after his mother sought medical help at the Cape Dorset health centre. However, the nurse in charge, Debbie McKeown, allegedly refused to see him, contrary to government policy.

Over the following months and years, chief coroner Padma Suramala’s opinion of the cause of the baby’s death changed from sudden infant death syndrome to a lung infection, then back to SIDS.