Patient lawsuits say fake nurse caused 'excruciating' pain, loss of trust in health-care system

Seven women who say a serial imposter posing as a nurse left them in “excruciating” pain, exposed them to infection, injured them or personally insulted them have all filed lawsuits, alleging negligence by the operators of the Vancouver hospital where Brigitte Cleroux worked for a year.

The seven new claims, filed in B.C. Supreme Court last week, also raise concerns that Cleroux, who has never completed nursing school or held a valid licence, was allowed access to the patients’ personal information and medical records. They say this left them vulnerable to fraud and identity theft by someone with a long history of similar crimes.

The lawsuits each name 52-year-old Cleroux, the

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