Quebec MAID

• Quebec ready to start accepting advanced MAID requests as of end of October

  Quebec's Health Department says it will be ready to meet the expected demand for advanced applications for medical assistance in dying when it begins accepting requests next week.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2024
  
• Quebec to allow early requests for MAID, won’t wait for Ottawa to change law

  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 any longer.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2024
  
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• Quadriplegic man’s MAID death from bedsore results in public inquiry being ordered

  During his hospital stay, the Quebec man developed a major pressure sore on his buttocks. In late March, he received medical assistance in dying to put an end to his suffering.

  Health

  Jun 25, 2024
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• Catholic Church challenging Quebec MAID law in court on religious freedom grounds

  The lawsuit says the Catholic Church should be exempted from a section of the law requiring all palliative care homes in the province to offer medical assistance in dying.

  Canada

  Feb 6, 2024
• Fear of reprisal means some Quebec doctors are afraid to give MAID, college of physicians says

  The letter, signed by Quebec's college of physicians president Mauril Gaudreault, does not specify what kind of reprisals doctors fear or from whom.

  Health

  Aug 25, 2023
• Quebecers no longer seeing doctor-assisted deaths as last resort: oversight body

  'Medical aid in dying is not there to replace natural death,' said the head of the independent body that monitors the practice of doctor-assisted deaths in the province.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2023
• Quebec tables legislation to allow advance requests for medical assistance in dying

  The primary change in the bill tabled Thursday, applies to people suffering from a "serious and incurable'' illness that could make them incapable of consenting to medical care.

  Health

  Feb 16, 2023
• Quebec reports steep rise in organ donations after medical aid in dying legalized

  Transplant Quebec says it received 854 organ donation referrals in 2022, which it said was a "record number.'' About 15 per cent of all donors in the past year had received MAID.

  Health

  Feb 8, 2023