After examining the harrowing case of a 66-year-old quadriplegic who developed such severe and infected bedsores in Quebec’s hospital system that he opted for medical assistance in dying, a coroner has issued 31 recommendations to improve the care of spinal cord injury patients.

Normand Meunier, a truck driver by occupation, was 66 years old when he accessed MAID on March 29, 2024.

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The report published Wednesday by coroner Dave Kimpton outlines Meunier’s harrowing experience at Sacré Coeur hospital in Montreal, St-Jérôme Hospital in the Laurentians, and Gingras-Lindsay Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal from January 2022 until his death two years later.

In the report’s introduction, the coroner pays tribute to Meunier’s spouse, Sylvie Brosseau, who worked tirele

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