Western Canada: Controversy around a Delta, B.C., hospice deepens over its refusal to allow medically assisted death GlobeBC
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.For the dying in Delta, B.C., the Irene Thomas Hospice, just down the road from the local hospital, has been a serene refuge where patients can live out their final days.
The Delta Hospice Society is not a faith-based organization. However, on June 15, the society has called a general meeting and mail-in ballot in an effort to change its constitution to “formally affirm our heritage and identity.” The second, in November, was held in a larger venue to accommodate roughly 300 attendees. The meeting was raucous. When votes were tallied, there was a new slate of directors that within days reversed the previous board’s decision to allow MAID at the hospice, putting the society at odds with Fraser Health.
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