Quebec probes abuse from nurses in hospital

In the video shared by media outlets, nurses can be heard in French calling Echaquan "stupid as hell," and suggesting she was only good for sex. Photo: Pixabay

The Canadian province of Quebec said it had launched two investigations as outrage spread on Wednesday over a livestream made by a sick indigenous woman before her death that showed staff verbally abusing her in a hospital.

Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old mother of seven, checked into a hospital in Joliette, Quebec, on Saturday to get treatment for stomach pains. She died on Monday.