Sask. Senior Says MAID Presented as Option When Considering Cost of Palliative Care

Sask. Senior Says MAID Presented as Option When Considering Cost of Palliative Care
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A Saskatchewan senior says he was offered medically assisted death by a palliative care home as rising costs left him and his wife in a difficult position.

Fred Sandeski, 71, founded the Community Low Income Centre in Weyburn, Sask., and ran it for nearly 20 years. Fred suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, and epilepsy, and was told by doctors he doesn’t have long to live.