St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish, Nova Scotia will now be required to kill patients who ask to be euthanized. The Nova Scotia Health Authority recently implemented a policy change that seemingly goes against an agreement set between the health authority and the Sisters of St. Martha in 1996. Tim Guest, the authority's vice-president of health services, had this to say:
“This approach respects the 1996 Mission Assurance Agreement with the Sisters of St. Martha that lays out the philosophy, mission and values of St. Martha’s in accordance with its faith-based identity, while also meeting the legislated obligation to ensure that [assisted suicide and euthanasia] is available in the Antigonish area for those who request and meet the criteria to access that service.”
A euthanasia advocacy group called Dying with Dignity Canada said it hopes other provinces will see this and use it as a model for enforcement of euthanasia legislation in their own jurisdictions.
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