The family of a B.C. man with bipolar disorder and chronic back pain is suing the federal and provincial governments after he allegedly used a day pass from hospital to end his life with medical assistance in dying (MAID).
The family of a B.C. man with bipolar disorder and chronic back pain is suing the federal and provincial governments after he allegedly used a day pass from hospital to end his life with medical assistance. The family of a B.C. man is suing the federal and provincial governments after he allegedly used a day pass from hospital to end his life with medical assistance. (Chris Kreussling)The family of a B.C.
man with bipolar disorder and chronic back pain is suing the federal and provincial governments after he allegedly used a day pass from hospital to end his life with medical assistance. In a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court, the man's family claims the 52-year-old — known as JMM — fell into a group of people whose concurrent physical and mental illnesses leave them 'vulnerable' under Canada's medical assistance in dying (MAiD) framework.'JMM received approval for medical assistance in dying, but he subsequently expressed that he did not wish to proceed with the procedure and instead, he wished to pursue other treatments, including rehabilitation,' the claim reads. 'Regrettably, while receiving treatment at St. Paul's Hospital for his incapacitating illness, JMM left the hospital on a day pass, visited a clinic in the afternoon, and died through the improper administration of MAiD.'JMM's children, his former spouse and his father will be in court Friday seeking to keep their names anonymous and to seal any documents filed in the case beyond the notice of claim. It's the second time the MAiD framework has come under the scrutiny of the court in recent months. In late October, another judge issued a last-minute injunction to prevent the medically assisted death of a woman planned for later the same day. A courtroom at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver was the setting for an extraordinary application in October to stop the medically assisted death of an Alberta woman. (Ben Nelms/CBC) In that case, the judge said there was a 'serious question to be tried in B.C
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