Alexandra Tymkiw encountered Brigitte Cleroux during one of her most vulnerable moments. It was Dec. 15, 2020, and Tymkiw was a patient at B.C. Women’s Hospital in Vancouver, about to have surgery to remove a polyp from her uterus.
Cleroux was presented to her as a perioperative nurse who would be administering pain medication during the procedure, according to Tymkiw, a 40-year-old Burnaby resident who goes by the nickname Sasha.
Tymkiw said she was immediately struck by Cleroux’s demeanour. She described her as loud, condescending and self-aggrandizing, which she found unusual for a health professional.
“I got on the table and I
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