Nova Scotia’s chief medical examiner has released recommendations from committees that reviewed the deaths of two people in the province’s care, but the documents are being criticized for failing to disclose what actually happened.

One list of recommendations deals with the death of a child at a public pool, and the other is in response to the death of a person in custody.

Neither of the reports from the death review committees contain any details about the victims or what circumstances led to their deaths, which is strictly in line with legislation aimed at protecting the victims’ privacy.

The lack of detail, however, makes it almost impossible to determine what went wrong and why the non-binding recommendations should be implemented.

The province’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Matthew

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