Fraser Health has filed its response to a lawsuit from a whistleblowing emergency room doctor , and it wants to see the case dismissed.

Dr. Kaitlin Stockton filed the suit earlier this year, claiming the health authority singled her out and retaliated against her after she publicly highlighted unsafe working conditions and hospital overcrowding.

In November of last year, Stockton posted a notice in the ER waiting area of Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody, warning patients of a shortage of capacity and resources.

The suit claims that Stockton obtained permission from her local department head to post the notice, but that instead of addressing the problematic conditions, the health authority issued a statement calling the signs “false,” then used CCTV footage to identify her, then to a

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