Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I've taken the liberty of writing this down. First of all, advice: no expansion or widening of the laws or other bills until you understand what's really happening on the ground here. The second thing is that no patient should be considered eligible for or offered MAID when th

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Let me clarify that for you. That attempt at MAID was on July 19, 2019. That day, there were no doctors available. Our family didn't even know that Alan had applied and was getting MAID. They did not know.... The nurse practitioner did not know where to send Alan's body if she c

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  On his form, where it asked “your reason for applying”, was “hearing loss”.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  That was what was on his application form.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  He filled in the form. You know, we don't really know what happened. We're still trying to get information from the hospital. We have asked for specific forms that we have now received. We wanted to see the application form. That day, on July 26, when the MAID was actually pe

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes. The day before we arrived and we spent that evening with him, we tried to talk him out of it. We just wanted to bring him home and get him out of the hospital.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Well, actually, my husband said, “Alan, I'm going to be retiring in the next year”—we live in Alberta—“and Trish and I are thinking of moving back to the Chilliwack area.” Alan said, “Gee, I wish I had known that.” He was talking about things.... He was mad at the government. He

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes, she did.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Absolutely. Yes.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I'm going to pass this over to my husband, Gary.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Correct.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Well, we have criteria for MAID. In Bill C-14, there are definite criteria for MAID, and Alan did not meet the criteria for MAID, medically or according to the laws that are set by legislation. He did not meet those. He didn't meet the criteria, because he didn't have a foreseeab

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  It took us a year and a half to get those, but yes.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes, I can confirm that he was admitted on June 16, 2019, and he received MAID on July 26, 2019.