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A coroner's inquest into a fatal overdose astatine the University of Victoria begins today. Sidney McIntyre-Starko was 18 erstwhile she died connected field successful January 2024. The inquest volition effort to find precisely what happened and to marque recommendations to debar aboriginal deaths successful akin circumstances.
Sidney McIntyre-Starko, 18, died successful January 2024 aft overdosing connected the Victoria campus
CBC News
· Posted: Apr 28, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago
A coroner's inquest begins Monday into the decease of Sidney McIntyre-Starko, an 18-year-old who died aft an overdose successful a dorm country astatine the University of Victoria successful January of 2024.
The inquest was ordered by the provincial authorities aft quality of McIntrye-Starko's decease broke past spring, starring to a nationalist outcry.
In an unfastened missive issued astatine the time, her parents, Dr. Caroline McIntyre, an exigency country physician, and Kenton Starko wrote that she suffered a cardiac apprehension owed to fentanyl poisoning successful the aboriginal evening of Jan. 23, 2024, and died successful infirmary 5 days later.
They claimed field information did not instantly telephone 911 oregon administer naloxone to their girl and 2 different students.
"They denied her the lifesaving attraction she needed until it was excessively late," they wrote. "Our daughter's decease was preventable."
Two different students who overdosed alongside McIntyre-Starko were revived.
Independent study finds errors led to death
An autarkic study ordered by the assemblage and released past period recovered that McIntyre-Starko would apt inactive beryllium live if mistakes had not been made that night.
Former Abbotsford constabulary main Bob Rich wrote that field information officers who responded to calls for assistance didn't admit that McIntyre-Starko had classical overdose symptoms: reduced consciousness, depressed breathing, and pinpoint pupils.
That led to a hold successful administering naloxone — thing helium said could person saved her life.
Coroner and assemblage volition perceive from witnesses
Coroner's inquests are nationalist inquiries that purpose to find the circumstances surrounding a decease and make recommendations truthful that akin deaths don't hap successful the future.
They bash not delegate blame.
Coroner Larry Marzinzik and a assemblage volition conscionable successful Burnaby and perceive from witnesses implicit the adjacent 3 weeks.
With files from Jon Hernandez, Emily Fagan, and Moira Wyton
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