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Fraser Health takes over Delta hospice that refused to offer medically assisted death

VANCOUVER
The hospice in Delta, B.C., that refused to offer patients access to medically assisted death has been taken over by the local health authority.
Fraser Health took possession of the lands and buildings at Irene Thomas Hospice on Monday after formally ending its service agreement with the Delta Hospice Society, which used to receive about $1.5 million in annual funding from the province.
But the society s board balked at government pressure to provide access to Medical Assistance in Dying, a service B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix has called a medical right for patients in publicly funded hospice care. ....

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Delta hospice patients must move as board refuses to work with Fraser Health

VANCOUVER
Patients at a hospice in Delta, B.C. will have their final days and weeks disrupted by a move to other facilities because the Delta Hospice Society Board refuses to work with Fraser Health on a transition plan as the health authority takes over operations at the facility.
The Irene Thomas Hospice in Ladner has 10 beds and provides end of life care for patients with terminal illnesses.
In February 2020, Fraser Health served the board with one year’s notice to end its service agreement and withdraw funding after the board refused to offer Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), the end of life option that has been legal in Canada since 2016. ....

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Distressed hospice patients caught in middle of health-care dispute

DELTA, B.C.
Patients at a hospice in Ladner fear the final days and weeks of their lives may be disrupted by a dispute between facility management and Fraser Health.
“How can I fight for my life with all of this going on?” asked 78-year-old Cecil Hardy from his bed at the Harold and Veronica Savage Centre for Supportive Care.
Hardy has a terminal case of sarcoma, and after weighing his options, chose to live out his final days in hospice.
“I certainly don’t want to leave here,” he told CTV News Vancouver. “I’m trying to fight and extend my life for my kids. I want to live as long as I can for them. And then I’ve got to worry about this?” ....

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