The RCMP has opened an investigation into two incidents in 1975 of babies switched at birth in Norway House.
“The RCMP has an obligation to the families involved and to the public to determine if the incidents at the Norway House Indian Hospital were accidental or criminal in nature,” the RCMP said in a news release.
Gilbert Fredette, who is the acting chief of Norway House Cree Nation, said it is a good step for the RCMP to get involved with the investigation.
“It shows this not just a health related matter, and that it has become a legal issue as well,” Fredette said Friday. “It’s for the betterment of the not only the individuals in Norway House, but the other two individuals switched at birth last year.”
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The investigation is separate from Health Canada’s review of the incidents.
In September, DNA tests confirmed that two Norway House men were switched at birth. In November 2015, another set of DNA tests confirmed that two men from Garden Hill were also switched.
The Mounties ask anyone who worked at Norway House Indian Hospital in 1975, or who may have information to call their local RCMP detachment.
