BC Family Says 52-Year-Old With Cancer Not Able to Get Chemo Opted for MAID

Dan Quayle chose assisted death after he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and was unable to receive chemotherapy treatments before his health worsened.

A care worker carries a bed in the emergency department of a hospital in a file photo. Lou Benoist/AFP via Getty Images

A 52-year-old B.C. man chose medical assistance in dying (MAID) under Canada’s expanding MAID laws after failing to get chemotherapy treatment in time.

Kathleen Carmichael told CTV News that her partner, Dan Quayle, opted for death after he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and unable to receive chemotherapy treatments before his health started to fail.