Wanted: Jailhouse doctors for G20 summit

But critics fear physicians will treat injured protesters to keep them in custody

A police officer wears a sound cannon to be used during the G20 sumit in Toronto this month. Police in riot gear stand behind during a security demonstration on Thursday.

A police officer wears a sound cannon to be used during the G20 sumit in Toronto this month. Police in riot gear stand behind during a security demonstration on Thursday.

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Jesse McLean Staff Reporter

Arrested protesters who have suffered minor injuries during the G20 summit will be treated in custody, according to an email soliciting doctors for a temporary jail.

However, the message raises fears that the physician’s goal in treating patients will be to keep protestors in detention, a practice medical and civil rights experts call unethical and improper.

Injured detainees will be treated in a 10-by-30-foot trailer where water is provided by a hose, said the email from Michael Feldman, a medical director at the Sunnybrook Osler Centre for Pre-hospital Care.

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And exactly how is someone going to be able to peacefully, legally, and meaningfully protest? Tom


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