{"id":9950,"date":"2019-12-11T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9950"},"modified":"2020-01-01T18:32:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T02:32:29","slug":"b-c-hospice-may-face-penalties-if-it-fails-to-make-medically-assisted-death-available-by-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9950","title":{"rendered":"B.C. hospice may face penalties if it fails to make medically-assisted death available by deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Globe and Mail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Andrea Woo, Wendy Stueck<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            B.C. hospice society that refuses to provide medical assistance in dying at its facility in violation of local rules has been given until Thursday to submit plans for compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            Health Minister Adrian Dix said the Delta Hospice Society, which operates the Irene Thomas Hospice in Ladner, may face penalties if it fails to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>             \u201cWe\u2019ve asked them \u2026 to provide their plan to fulfill their contract with the Fraser Health Authority and it is our expectation that they will,\u201d Mr. Dix said on Wednesday. \u201cShould they not want to fulfill their contract with Fraser Health, there may well be consequences of that.\u201d . . . <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/british-columbia\/article-bc-hospice-may-face-penalties-if-it-fails-to-make-medically-assisted\/\">[Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Globe and Mail Andrea Woo, Wendy Stueck B.C. hospice society that refuses to provide medical assistance in dying at its facility in violation of local rules has been given until Thursday to submit plans for compliance. Health Minister Adrian Dix said the Delta Hospice Society, which operates the Irene Thomas Hospice in Ladner, may &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9950\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;B.C. hospice may face penalties if it fails to make medically-assisted death available by deadline&#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":[77,32,162,9],"tags":[3919,3471,3920,3266,1012,3908,3910],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-adrian-dix","tag-delta-hospice-society","tag-doug-mather","tag-fraser-health-authority-british-columbia","tag-hospices","tag-irene-thomas-hospice","tag-nancy-macey"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>B.C. hospice may face penalties if it fails to make medically-assisted death available by deadline - 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=9950\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"B.C. hospice may face penalties if it fails to make medically-assisted death available by deadline - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Globe and Mail Andrea Woo, Wendy Stueck B.C. hospice society that refuses to provide medical assistance in dying at its facility in violation of local rules has been given until Thursday to submit plans for compliance. 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