Two Hamilton paramedics who treated dying teenager Yosif Al-Hasnawi in 2017 are guilty of failing to provide the necessaries of life, an Ontario Superior Court judge has found. Yosif was in Hamilton's lower city on the night of Dec. 2, 2017, when he was shot in the abdomen. Mario Posteraro, president of OPSEU Local 256, which represents Hamilton paramedics, said legal counsel will review the decision. Firas Al Najim, a human rights activist, Yosif's dad, Majed Al-Hasnawi, and Yosif's younger brother, Ahmed Al-Hasnawi, left to right, hold a photo of Yosif outside the Hamilton courthouse. But the defence said the paramedics were following unconscious biases that night, which led them astray in treating Al-Hasnawi.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2021 08:07 UTC