WINNIPEG - A judge has ruled that no cameras will be allowed at an inquest into the death of a man who waited 34 hours for treatment in a Winnipeg emergency room.
The inquest is trying to find out what led to the death of double-amputee Brian Sinclair after he went to the Health Sciences Centre in need of a catheter change.
Lawyers for several media outlets and Sinclair's family had argued that allowing cameras inside would make the inquest more accessible for people with disabilities and in remote communities.
But lawyers for the province, the health authority and the nurses union argued that cameras would be an invasion of privacy and could put nurses at risk because they would be easily identifiable.
Judge Tim Preston ruled that the Charter of Rights does not permit cameras at the inquest, but he noted that the public is invited to attended the hearings in person.