Savannah Hall Inquest Underway
By 250 News
Monday, October 22, 2007 10:32 AM
The Coroner’s inquest into the death of Savannah Hall, a three year old who was in foster care with a Prince George family at the time of her death in Janary of 2001 is underway.
There will be 34 witnesses called over the two weeks of this inquest. In his overview, Coroner’s Counsel Christopher Godwin advised the jury there will be testimony from several physicians , Ministry of Children and Family employees, Savannah’s birth mother, and Savannah’s foster mother.
The first testimony heard today is from Peter Cunningham, of the Ministry of Children and family development, He is outlining for the jury the structure of the Ministry at the time of Savannah’s death. Later today, the Inquest will hear from Pathologist Dr. Glenn Taylor who performed the autopsy on Savannah.
Savannah was three years old when she was taken to Prince George Regional Hospital in January of 2001. She was then sent to Children’s Hospital in Vancouver where she died two days later.
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Why does it take so long?
A very frustrating and gutwrenching process.
All the recommendations by the jury really serve no purpose as they are largely ignored bu all those involved.
When it was over,I really had to question the point to it all.
A very sad state of affairs indeed, and something that the government really needs to fix.