Quebec to allow early requests for MAID, won’t wait for Ottawa to change law

Quebec to allow early requests for MAID, won’t wait for Ottawa to change law

Quebec says that starting this fall it will authorize early requests for medical assistance in dying from certain patients before their condition renders them incapable of giving consent. The province has been calling on the federal government to modify the Criminal Code to allow people to make such requests, but Quebec says it won’t wait … Read more

Quadriplegic man’s MAID death from severe bedsore results in public inquiry ordered

Quadriplegic man’s MAID death from severe bedsore results in public inquiry ordered

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s chief coroner has ordered a public inquiry into the medically assisted death of a quadriplegic man after he developed a severe bedsore during a hospital stay. The decision announced Tuesday comes after Quebec’s public security minister demanded an investigation into Normand Meunier’s death. The 66-year-old man … Read more