Gap in care detrimental to Lionel Desmond’s treatment

GUYSBOROUGH: Already having heard from three doctors who interacted with Afghanistan war veteran retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond in the months prior to the triple murder-suicide at their Upper Big Tracadie home, on February 11, the inquiry began hearing testimony from the nurses who oversaw him. Mental health crisis clinician Heather Wheaten, who assessed Cpl. Desmond…