Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
But according to CBC reporter, Catherine Cullen, they could not determine how many euthanasia deaths have actually occurred and there may be no way of knowing.
According to Paul Schliesmann in recent article in the Kingston Whig Standard titled: 'another form of care' states:
The actual number of deaths is probably significantly higher because several provinces could not, or would not, provide complete data. Quebec, which was the first province to adopt a law on doctor-assisted death, provided no data whatsoever.
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According to Cullen there were: 49 assisted deaths in Ontario, 46 assisted deaths in British Columbia, 15 assisted deaths in Alberta, 8 assisted deaths in Manitoba, fewer than five assisted deaths in Saskatchewan but New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the Yukon Territory refused to respond to CBC while Québec didn't provide data.
There were no assisted deaths in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, North West Territory and Prince Edward Island.
According to Cullen there were: 49 assisted deaths in Ontario, 46 assisted deaths in British Columbia, 15 assisted deaths in Alberta, 8 assisted deaths in Manitoba, fewer than five assisted deaths in Saskatchewan but New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the Yukon Territory refused to respond to CBC while Québec didn't provide data.
There were no assisted deaths in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, North West Territory and Prince Edward Island.
How accurate are the numbers in the CBC news report?
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Kingston General Hospital has been carrying out assisted death requests since the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the ban on the procedure effective June 6.
However, officials at KGH are not releasing any numbers in order to protect the identities of patients and their families.
"We've done a small number of them," confirmed KGH chief of staff Dr. David Zelt.The article points out that euthanasia is not always done in the hospital. The article states:
"This is not necessarily a hospital treatment," said Zelt. "It can be done in the community and in hospitals as well. People do not have to come to the hospital to do this."
CBC news reported that they were unable to obtain data from Québec but Amy Hasbrouck, the director of the disability rights group Toujours Vivant - Not Dead Yet, reported in July that there were 166 euthanasia deaths in Québec from December, 2015 to June 2016.
It appears that nobody knows how many people have died by lethally injection since Canada permitted euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Deaths ...that we know (or are allowed to know of). The Hospital refused to release numbers to protect the dead. And probably their butts. We will never get the whole picture; this does not include those deaths that were what Fenigsen called crypthanasia: death by other excuses.
ReplyDeleteKingston General Hospital is my "home" hospital. I feel like throwing up. They might as well install gas chambers in the showers.
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