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Canada

Man who considered assisted death after bedsore tells coroner’s inquiry ‘you have to fight’ for care

Claude Labelle, a quadriplegic man who understands the struggles faced by Normand Meunier, testified at a coroner’s inquiry into Meunier’s…

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Canada

‘Nobody was reacting,’ says partner of man who pursued assisted death due to ER bedsore

Sylvie Brosseau carried an envelope full of photos of her partner, Normand Meunier, as she bravely testified in front of…

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Health

Nursing assistant describes ‘horrible’ bedsore of patient who sought assisted death after ER stay

A heartbreaking testimony was heard at the coroner’s inquiry into the death of Normand Meunier, a 66-year-old man from Saint-Jérôme,…

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Health

Home-care nurses told her not to worry about her bedsore. She was hospitalized the next day

On a late November morning two years ago, Sylvie Hudon woke up trembling from what she recognized as the early…

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Health

Quebec hospital trains nurses, creates new position after man developed fatal bedsore

Quebec’s Laurentian health authority is putting in place corrective measures in the Saint-Jérôme hospital weeks after the death of Normand Meunier,…

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Health

She’s losing her foot to a bedsore. Disability advocates say it speaks to a larger problem

Sandra Langlois has no other choice but to get her left foot amputated on Monday. For a year, she’s had…

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Health

Quadriplegic Quebec man chooses assisted dying after 4-day ER stay leaves horrific bedsore

On a Thursday in January, Normand Meunier arrived at the hospital in Saint-Jérôme, Que., with a respiratory virus. Weeks later, he…

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