Naturopath Fined $15,000 After Guilty Pleas Tied to Patient's Suicide

Amélie Champagne, 22, died by suicide on Sept. 11, 2022, after years of undiagnosed illness and treatment by an unlicensed naturopath.

In the quiet accumulation of years without a diagnosis, a young woman's suffering found its way into the hands of those unqualified to hold it. On Tuesday in Montreal, naturopath Kadeja Lefebvre pleaded guilty to practising medicine without authorization and was fined $15,000 — a legal resolution that closes one chapter in the story of Amélie Champagne, who died by suicide at 22 after years of medical uncertainty and treatment that may have led her to believe she had a disease never formally confirmed. The case asks an enduring question about the systems meant to protect the vulnerable: what b

Naturopath Fined $15,000 After Guilty Pleas Tied to Patient's Suicide

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