Toronto Woman, 93, Receives MAID After Cancer and Other Incurable Illnesses

6 articles · Updated · HuffPost · May 27

Mrs. MacNeil, a 93-year-old Toronto seniors-residence patient, died through medical assistance in dying after confirming one last time that she wanted to proceed.
Cancer and several other incurable, debilitating illnesses had sharply worsened her health for more than a year, and her physician said her suffering could no longer be adequately relieved.
Family members, relatives and her care team supported the decision, which her primary doctor described as informed, autonomous and consistent with her wish to remain in control.
At her bedside, the physician held her hand and sang “Farewell to Nova Scotia” before the medications were administered through an IV; she died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones.
The account frames her death within Canada’s 2016 MAID law, presenting it as a dignified end-of-life choice and a firsthand example of what the doctor called “a good death.”

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