Ambulances line the outside of St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia on Wednesday, June 30, 2021.
Nineteen people this year have been forced to transfer out of Providence Health Care facilities to access medical assistance in dying , a scenario advocates say proves the attempted fix by the province isn't good enough.The family of a B.C. woman who had to be transferred from St. Paul's Hospital, pictured here, says a proposed fix to the issue of needing to transfer patients to access medical assistance in dying services is not good enough.
Samantha O'Neill is seen running a race. Her mother Gaye O'Neill described her daughter as an 'active, loving, vegan marathoner.' She was suffering from Stage 4 cervical cancer when she chose a medically assisted death in April 2023 at the age of 34. "Vancouver Coastal Health is organizing and building that hospice care, end-of-life care to make sure everyone has access, without going somewhere else, to MAID," Dix said Tuesday.
Four of the transfers out of St. Paul's were witnessed in the last week by Dr. Jyothi Jayaraman, a Vancouver-based palliative care doctor and MAID practitioner. Dr. Jyothi Jayaraman says she personally witnessed forced transfers from Providence Health Care facilities due to the Catholic-run health authority's refusal to perform MAID services.
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