Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

210-1 Wesley Avenue

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 4C6
Tel: (204) 945-2088/Fax: (204) 945-2442

FOR RELEASE TO MEDIA ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2016

INQUEST CALLED
Dr. John K. Younes, Manitobas Acting Chief Medical Examiner, has called an inquest into the death
of:
BRADLEY ERROL GREENE, age 26 years, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
During the early hours of April 30, 2016 Mr. Greene was placed in custody at the Winnipeg Remand
Centre following his arrest by members of the Winnipeg Police Service on a warrant for a breach of
recognizance and on a charge of failure to comply with the conditions of a recognizance by
consuming alcohol.
On May 1, 2016, while at the Remand Centre, Mr. Greene had a witnessed seizure at approximately
13:53 hours while using a telephone. He was medically assessed, returned to his cell, and allowed to
recover on his own while under constant watch. Subsequently, at approximately 14:37 hours,
Mr. Greene had a second seizure while in his cell. He was again attended to by medical staff from the
Remand Centre. An ambulance was called and, while being medically assessed by paramedics,
Mr. Greene suddenly became unresponsive. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was started immediately
and he was taken to the Health Sciences Centre. Although Mr. Greene eventually responded with a
spontaneous pulse and was admitted to the intensive care unit, he remained comatose and was
pronounced dead on May 1, 2016 at 20:27 hours. The medical examiners office was notified and an
autopsy was authorized. The immediate cause of death, as provided in Part I of the Medical
Certificate of Death, was acute hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (brain injury caused by lack of
oxygen) due to cardiorespiratory arrest due to complications of seizure activity due to chronic
epilepsy. In Part II, a subtherapeutic level of valproic acid (anticonvulsant medication) was listed as a
significant condition contributing to the death but not causally related to the immediate cause. The
manner of death was undetermined.
The inquest was called in accordance with The Fatality Inquiries Act for the following reasons:
1. to fulfill the requirement for an inquest, as defined in Section 19(3)(a) of The Fatality Inquiries Act;
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Inquest mandatory
19(3) Where, as a result of an investigation, there are reasonable grounds to believe

(a) that a person while a resident in a correctional institution, jail or prison or while an involuntary
resident in a psychiatric facility as defined in The Mental Health Act, or while a resident in a
developmental centre as defined in The Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act, died as a
result of a violent act, undue means or negligence or in an unexpected or unexplained manner or suddenly
of unknown cause; or
(b) that a person died as a result of an act or omission of a peace officer in the course of duty;
the chief medical examiner shall direct a provincial judge to hold an inquest with respect to the death.

2. to determine the circumstances relating to Mr. Greenes death; and,

3. to determine what, if anything, can be done to prevent similar deaths from occurring in the
future.
Information as to the date, time, and location of the inquest will be determined by the Chief Judge of
the Provincial Court of Manitoba and released at a later date.
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