A settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit against the government of Nunavut and a former nurse in connection with the death of a three-month-old boy in Cape Dorset. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed in July 2014, claimed medical negligence against the government of Nunavut, the Cape Dorset Health Centre, nurse Deborah McKeown and another unnamed nurse in relation to the death of young Makibi Olayuk Timilak. As part of the settlement, Makibi's parents had to sign a standard non-disclosure agreement, their lawyer Anne Crawford said. In January 2018, the parents said they felt blamed by government officials for the death and suspected a cover-up. After Makibi's death, she was promoted to head nurse in Cape Dorset.

Source: CBC News February 05, 2019 09:56 UTC