Montreal Gazette
The McGill University Health Centre said Monday it will change its policy and allow medically assisted dying in its palliative care unit after coming under fire from Health Minister Gaétan Barrette last week.
The uproar came about after a patient at the Glen site had to be transferred out of the palliative care unit to receive medical aid in dying in April.
Barrette sent a letter to the MUHC’s director general last week, asking the hospital network to change its policy, because it does not respect the new law. . . [Full text]