{"id":6551,"date":"2016-03-02T13:47:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T21:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6551"},"modified":"2018-03-06T22:20:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T06:20:24","slug":"ottawas-catholic-palliative-care-hospital-under-pressure-as-it-refuses-to-do-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6551","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa&#8217;s Catholic palliative care hospital under pressure as it refuses to do euthanasia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>LifeSite News<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Lianne Laurence<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA, March 2, 2016 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/breaking-canadian-gvmt-panel-recommends-forcing-catholic-hospitals-to-eutha\">LifeSiteNews<\/a>) &#8211; Ottawa&#8217;s largest palliative care hospital, the Catholic Bruy\u00e8re Continuing Care Centre, says it will neither euthanize nor assist its patients to commit suicide when those options become legally available June 6.<\/p>\n<p>Bruy\u00e8re&#8217;s vice-president of public affairs and planning, Amy Porteous, told the Ottawa Citizen that the hospital is &#8220;waiting for clarification&#8221; on the protocol for transferring patients who request euthanasia or assisted suicide after that date.<\/p>\n<p>Bruy\u00e8re is among 21 Catholic health care institutions administered by the<a href=\"http:\/\/chco.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CHSO_Strategy_Report.pdf\"> Catholic Health Sponsors of Ontario<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other institutions under CHSO&#8217;s oversight include Toronto&#8217;s St. Michael&#8217;s Hospital and Providence Centre, the Pembroke Regional Hospital, Penetanguishene&#8217;s Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, and Sudbury&#8217;s St. Joseph&#8217;s Continuing Care Centre. . . <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/ottawas-catholic-palliative-care-hospital-under-pressure-as-it-refuses-to-d?\" target=\"_blank\">Full text<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LifeSite News Lianne Laurence OTTAWA, March 2, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) &#8211; Ottawa&#8217;s largest palliative care hospital, the Catholic Bruy\u00e8re Continuing Care Centre, says it will neither euthanize nor assist its patients to commit suicide when those options become legally available June 6. Bruy\u00e8re&#8217;s vice-president of public affairs and planning, Amy Porteous, told the Ottawa Citizen that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6551\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ottawa&#8217;s Catholic palliative care hospital under pressure as it refuses to do euthanasia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,32,643,2055,162,9,453,295],"tags":[2255,101,647,2148,1473,1560,2149],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-christianity-catholicism","category-countries","category-euthanasia","category-news","category-religion","category-religious-freedom","tag-bruyere-continuing-care","tag-carter-v-canada","tag-catholic-civil-rights-league","tag-catholic-health-sponsors-of-ontario","tag-christian-elia","tag-dying-with-dignity-canada","tag-shanaaz-gokool"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Ottawa&#039;s Catholic palliative care hospital under pressure as it refuses to do euthanasia - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6551\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ottawa&#039;s Catholic palliative care hospital under pressure as it refuses to do euthanasia - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LifeSite News Lianne Laurence OTTAWA, March 2, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) &#8211; Ottawa&#8217;s largest palliative care hospital, the Catholic Bruy\u00e8re Continuing Care Centre, says it will neither euthanize nor assist its patients to commit suicide when those options become legally available June 6. 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