Valentine Sicotte requested an appointment with a specialist at Saint-Eustache Hospital back in 2007. "I couldn't remember even having requested the appointment. Sicotte was 19 when she requested the appointment with a gastroenterologist. 'It's unclear why she wasn't contacted for an appointment during all these years.' "It's unclear why she wasn't contacted for an appointment during all these years," said spokesman Alain Paquette.

Source: CBC News September 19, 2016 15:55 UTC