Doctor investigated and allowed to resign in NWT hired for Manitoba First Nation hospital without reference check – APTN News
April 3, 2018
An Indigenous physician at the heart of an internal investigation by his former employer in the Northwest Territories has been treating patients at a federal hospital on Manitoba’s Peguis First Nation.
Ongomiizwin-Health Services, which hired Dr. Lance Crook to work at the Percy E. Moore Hospital, failed to check his references with the Hay River Health and Services Authority (HRHSSA) where the incidents giving rise to a complaint occurred, according to administration officials there.
Percy E. Moore Hospital is located on the Peguis First Nation, about 200 km north of Winnipeg.
Angela McGonigle, 43, alleged Dr. Lance Crook, in March 2017, improperly accessed her personal health information, improperly accessed her health records and she also made other allegations, according to documents obtained by APTN Investigates.
