Ontario is setting up a new service for people seeking medically assisted death that will allow them to reach out for help directly, bypassing health-care providers who object to assisted suicide on conscience grounds. Health Minister Eric Hoskins says a "care co-ordination service" for medically assisted death will be up and running as early as May. The service will allow patients to contact central staff who will connect them with health-care providers prepared to handle requests for a medically assisted death. 365 Ontarians ended their lives with medical help since June 2016The new service will come approximately a year after medically assisted dying was made legal in Canada. According to the minister's office, 365 Ontarians chose to end their lives with medical help between June of 2016, when assisted dying became legal, and March 30, 2017.

Source: CBC News April 02, 2017 18:17 UTC