(Photo: CommonSpace Images) As I read this article on LifeSite News , I was greatly saddened to see the lack of compassion and the callous regard for human life in the Canadian health system. On March 29, Normand Meunier, a 66-year-old quadriplegic man, was euthanized at home after developing bed sores and a major pressure ulcer on his backside. The ulcer and bed sores, resulting from a lack of specialized care (and a lack of common decency) at the hospital in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, were so severe that muscle and bone were exposed and visible.
First off, he was placed on a hospital stretcher for 95 hours (almost 4 days). Now, anyone who has been on such a stretcher knows that they are not comfortable for long periods of time. They are only meant to be used for transporting patients to diagnostic procedures, to their beds, or to surgery.
Sylvie Brosseau (Meunier’s […]
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