Horizon Health Network says it is reviewing the care a 16-year-old received at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton last week before she took her own life. Lexi Daken, a Grade 10 student at Leo Hayes High School in Fredericton, waited for eight hours without receiving any mental health intervention. Lexi Daken, shown here in her player card from last season, loved softball. He said the province needs another setting for those experiencing mental health issues, "where that's the focus — and that's the only focus." "Mental health has been treated by government after government after government as the poor cousin in the health-care system," said Coon.

Source: CBC News February 26, 2021 22:58 UTC