BC Family Says 52-Year-Old With Cancer Not Able to Get Chemo Opted for MAID
Published on December 8, 2023
A 52-year-old B.C. man chose medical assistance in dying (MAID) under Canada’s expanding MAID laws after failing to get chemotherapy treatment in time. Kathleen Carmichael told CTV News that her partner, Dan Quayle, opted for death after he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and unable to receive chemotherapy treatments before his health started to fail. Mr. Quayle died on Nov. 24, according to CTV News. “The oncologist would come in and say, ‘We’re pretty backlogged right now so hang in there,” Ms. Carmichael said. The incident is the latest in a rising number of cases where people choose MAID when facing issues like poverty or lack of access to adequate medical care....