The second day of testimony at the coroner’s inquest into the 2021 death of a Wiikwemkoong man at the Sudbury Jail focused on gaps in medical staffing — both at the time of his death and today.

Four years ago, 44-year-old Justin Alexander Trudeau died four days after being taken into custody at the Sudbury jail.

His partner remembers him as someone who “held his family and friends in high esteem.”

The inquest, which began Monday , has largely focused on how the correctional and medical systems functioned inside the jail during the COVID-19 pandemic — and whether staffing shortages contributed to Trudeau’s death.

Operations inside the jail

Dr. Bineet Moudgil, a physician at the jail back in 2021, testified Tuesday that because of pandemic restrictions, he treated inmates virtually ra

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