Terry Nowicki says because his wife was immobile and frail, she was given an exemption to a rule that required her to have an assisted-death assessment off-site. But in May 2017, an hour before someone from Alberta Health Services was to arrive in her hospital room, the exemption was cancelled. Unable to arrange a meeting space at a nearby care centre, the couple’s three daughters wheeled the woman outside and across the street to a sidewalk to have the meeting. “This should not happen to anybody.”Doreen Nowicki was eventually granted her wish and died at another care facility the following month. Nonetheless, she is encouraging others to share their experiences with assisted-death services with her office.

Source: National Post October 23, 2018 17:43 UTC