{"id":7462,"date":"2017-06-18T19:30:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T02:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7462"},"modified":"2018-03-06T17:36:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T01:36:40","slug":"st-boniface-hospital-to-allow-assisted-dying-assessments-but-not-assisted-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7462","title":{"rendered":"St. Boniface Hospital to allow assisted-dying assessments but not assisted dying"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Hospital board voted to allow assisted dying in &#8216;rare circumstances,&#8217; overturned decision 2 weeks later<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>CBC News<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Aidan Geary, Tessa Vandherhart<\/p>\n<p>While confirming that it won&#8217;t allow medical assistance in dying on site, St. Boniface Hospital has lifted its policy requiring patients to leave the facility to be assessed for the service.<\/p>\n<p>Under its old rules, patients at St. Boniface Hospital hoping to access medical assistance in dying had to be transferred off site for the assessments, which are required by Manitoba law and conducted by a medical team from the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.<\/p>\n<p>One patient died as a result of one such transfer, according to a St. Boniface Hospital internal memo dated March 1 that was provided to CBC News. . . 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