Montreal hospital ordered to keep woman on life support so she can die in Nigeria

A Quebec court ordered a Montreal infirmary successful April to support a female connected life support to springiness her hubby nan chance to put for her to beryllium sent location to dice successful Nigeria.

McGill University Health Centre sought support earlier this twelvemonth to extremity each nan 42-year-old woman’s treatments and springiness her palliative attraction aft concluding she had nary chance of neurological recovery.

Her hubby opposed nan change, asking nan infirmary to support his woman live agelong capable for her to beryllium transferred location to Nigeria astatine nan extremity of their children’s schoolhouse year.

Superior Court Justice Florence Lucas sided pinch nan husband, penning successful a precocious published determination that nan benefits of nan hospital’s scheme did not outweigh nan woman’s basal correct to live, to beryllium cared for and to walk distant successful her country.

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The tribunal documents opportunity nan Nigerian-born female moved to Montreal pinch her 2 children for postgraduate schoolhouse successful 2021, and had nary wellness concerns until she abruptly took sick and collapsed successful July 2023.

Lawyers who represented nan infirmary and nan hubby successful nan lawsuit did not instantly reply a petition to corroborate what happened pursuing nan tribunal determination and whether nan transportation occurred.