B.C. health minister pushing Providence Health to change MAID policy

She didn’t regain consciousness again before she was given the life-ending medication that her parents, Jim and Gaye O’Neill, said robbed her of the ability to change her mind at the last second.Samantha O’Neill, left, and her cousin Taryn Bodrug, before O’Neill was diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer.The couple, who live in Campbellford, Ont.

The family reached out to the Vancouver police in the hopes of sparking a criminal investigation but they were told the department doesn’t investigate hospital-related complaints. The family hasn’t yet filed a formal complaint with Providence Health. Providence does allow its patients to be assessed for MAID by an external practitioner, but patients must transfer to another facility to get MAID.

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