Son died after he was left unattended in Vernon, B.C., hospital for 6½ hours, woman's negligence suit claims

A B.C. woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Interior Health and physicians at an Okanagan hospital for alleged negligence in her son’s 2021 death.

In a notice of civil claim, Alison Peace claims her son Michael Peace, 36, was admitted to Vernon Jubilee Hospital suffering from an overdose of fentanyl in December 2021.