Mother disappointed

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The mother of a two-year-old boy who died in a taxi while in transit between two Alberta hospitals is disappointed by the findings of a four-day fatality inquiry.

The judge concluded that there was no blame to be laid in the sudden death of Dalton Gregory Halfe-Arcand and made no recommendations regarding the case. Crystal Arcand said she was particularly disheartened that the judge did not recommend the end of inter-hospital transfer by taxi.

"From the start I've wanted answers. There's still a lot of questions that haven't been answered. It terrifies me, as a mother with two children, that these issues remain unresolved."

The judge said nothing could have saved the boy as the condition could not have been foreseen. Medial experts have reported the boy would have perished even if he was in an intensive care unit at the time.

"It wouldn't have saved him to have in an ambulance, but surely no sick child, no sick person, should die in a taxi, said Arcand.