The Ottawa Hospital to create a co-ordination service for medically assisted dying

In an effort to streamline services and help patients navigate a sometimes-daunting system, The Ottawa Hospital and the Champlain Local Health Integration Network are in talks to create a “regional care co-ordination service” for medical assistance in dying.
As the region’s largest hospital and an academic health sciences centre, the hospital has already taken the lead in medical assistance in dying since it became legal in June 2016. That puts the hospital in the position to o