{"id":7662,"date":"2017-10-29T20:39:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T03:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7662"},"modified":"2018-03-03T21:28:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T05:28:18","slug":"winnipeg-man-receives-assisted-death-assessment-after-concerns-faith-based-hospital-caused-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7662","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg man receives assisted-death assessment after concerns faith-based hospital caused delay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018I want to die and nobody should come in the way of my deciding how to go about it.’<\/h2>\n

CBC News<\/p>\n

An 88-year-old Winnipeg man has received his required assessment for medically assisted death after he says it was delayed by the faith-based hospital where he now lives.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Cheppudira Gopalkrishna was able to do an assessment with the province’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) services.<\/p>\n

“I want to die and nobody should come in the way of my deciding how to go about it,” Gopalkrishna said on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

The former teacher has been at the Misericordia Health Centre for several months after his health declined significantly. He has a form of Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as ALS, and has lost almost all of his mobility.<\/p>\n

Gopalkrishna started looking into the possibility of a medically assisted death in May but the hospital and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority’s timelines differ about what happened next. . . [Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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