Advocates an d the widow of a quadriplegic Quebec man are preparing to file a class-action lawsuit against the province after the 66-year-old requested medical assistance in dying following a hospital stay last year that left him with a severe bedsore.

Normand Meunier arrived at the emergency room at Saint-Jérôme Hospital in January 2024 with a respiratory virus only to emerge weeks later with a bedsore after spending four days on a stretcher without access to a special pressure mattress.

On March 4, Meunier requested medical assistance in dying (MAID). He died a few weeks later on March 29.

His death made headlines across the province and advocates say they don't want this to happen to anyone else.

The announcement of a potential lawsuit comes a day after a Quebec coroner rel

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