A new tool at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver is being touted as a game-changer for survivors of domestic and sexual assault.

The hospital’s Forensic Nursing Services team recently acquired a CortexFlo camera, which uses blue lighting to help identify injuries that may not be obvious to the naked eye.

Jacquie Miller, coordinator of the hospital’s forensic nursing services program, said the images it captures powerful evidence to help survivors’ cases in court.

“The visual impact alone. We do a wonderful job of describing injuries and measuring injuries and accurately documenting a patient’s story,” she said.

“But being able to actually show photos of the injuries to a judge, to a jury, could potentially change the decision a judge and jury make about a case. It validates and c

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