An Ontario doctor has been placed under supervision for six months by a provincial regulator for two infractions, including assessing a man for euthanasia outside a Tim Hortons and later driving him to the location where he received the fatal injections.
In another case, London, Ont., physician James MacLean failed to administer the medication that paralyzes the body’s muscles, including those involved in breathing, during a Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) procedure, according to a ruling by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO). The patient began to breathe again after MacLean had declared the patient deceased and left the residence.
