Ontario Creating Service to Help People Access Medically Assisted Dying

April 5, 2017

(The Sun) – Ontario is setting up a new service for people seeking medically assisted death that will allow them to reach out for help directly, bypassing health-care providers who object to assisted suicide on conscience grounds. Health Minister Eric Hoskins says a “care co-ordination service” for medically assisted death will be up and running as early as May. The service will allow patients to contact central staff who will connect them with health-care providers prepared to handle requests for a medically assisted death.