The Honourable Susan Lang, the Independent Reviewer of the Motherisk Hair Analysis Review, completed her review and sent her findings and recommendations to the Attorney General of Ontario on December 15, 2015. You will find the Report of the Independent Review in both .PDF and .EPUB format on this page.
"My conclusion that SickKids failed to exercise meaningful oversight over MDTL's (Motherisk Drug Testing Laboratory) work must be considered in the context of the Hospital's experience with Dr. Charles Smith, a pediatric pathologist who worked at SickKids. Dr. Smith was the firs director of the Ontario Pediatric Forensic Pathology Unit (OPFPU), which was housed in the Hospital. In April 2007, the Government of Ontario appointed the Honourable Justice Stephen T. Goudge as commissioner of the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario. The Hospital was a party with standing at the inquiry. Commissioner Goudge released his report on October 1, 2008, (Goudge Report) - the same year in which the Hospital determined that clinical accreditation might not be achieved for MDTL. The Goudge Report is relevant to this Independent Review for at least three reasons: 1: It highlighted the dangers with having a laboratory within the institution that routinely provided a forensic service yet was led by individuals who lacked any forensic training. 2: It concluded that the Hospital's lines of oversight and accountability over the forensic pathology service lacked clarity and created a vacuum where nobody was held accountable in the forensic pathology service; 3: Commissioner Goudge noted the role that SickKids reputation for excellence played in positioning Dr Smith as a leading expert in his field, not withstanding his lack of forensic expertise. All three of these lessons should have been applied to MDTL, but the Hospital did not do so." Lang report. Page 14;
The Lang report ca be found in the above formats at:
http://www.m-hair.ca/
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