{"id":8505,"date":"2018-01-11T20:15:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T04:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8505"},"modified":"2018-07-08T20:22:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T03:22:59","slug":"i-thought-it-was-ridiculous-religious-facilities-opposing-assisted-death-leave-patients-in-a-bind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8505","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I thought it was ridiculous’: Religious facilities opposing assisted death leave patients in a bind"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Globe and Mail<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Kelly Grant<\/p>\n

The first time that Ian Pope was transferred out of a Vancouver Catholic hospital for an assisted-death eligibility assessment, the appointment started badly and ended worse.<\/p>\n

On the taxi ride from St. Paul’s Hospital to a downtown clinic, a catheter bag affixed to the 64-year-old’s electric wheelchair ruptured. A vase had to be placed under it to catch the leaking urine.<\/p>\n

As the appointment wore on, Mr. Pope, who had an advanced case of multiple sclerosis, could barely stay awake.<\/p>\n

“He closed his eyes for a while,” said Ellen Wiebe, the doctor who assessed him. “I could get him to answer questions and he was being totally co-operative, but he was just so exhausted by the end.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Wiebe, along with Mr. Pope’s daughter and a second doctor who also examined him, say the retired police officer suffered unnecessarily when he was twice transferred out of a publicly funded hospital to find out if he met the criteria for a legal assisted death.<\/p>\n

Both doctors would have been happy to meet Mr. Pope in his hospital room, but St. Paul’s, which is part of a Catholic health network that opposes assisted death, would not allow it.<\/p>\n

Mr. Pope was transferred out of the hospital a final time on Dec. 9 to receive an assisted death at the near-empty apartment he had not lived in for months.<\/p>\n

“I thought it was ridiculous,” Mr. Pope’s daughter, Rachael, said, “because it’s a publicly funded hospital.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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