Canadian had bedsores and Canada euthanized him

Saint-Jérôme, Québec -- Normand Meunier, 66, was euthanized a week ago due to bedsores, or decubitus ulcers, in medical terms. Generally speaking, people are not euthanized for such medical events, but hey, this was in Canada, eh. 

The program they use to justify euthanasia is known as Medical Assistance In Dying, or MAID.

Now there's a coroner's inquest into the death of Meunier.

On May 13, Leora Schertzer reported for the Montreal Gazette that:

Geneviève Paradis, a nurse who cared for Normand Meunier during his time in the ICU, testified Monday that she did not check Meunier’s bedsores, noting that the hospital was short staffed. Another nurse, Rachel Lanthier, testified she thought one bedsore was significant, but did not see any records of it in Meunier’s hospital file to make a comparison and track the wound’s growth.

Patrick Martin-Ménard, the lawyer representing Meunier's family explained in an interview: “The crumbling health-care system allowed the pressure wounds to reach a point at which there was no possible recovery. And that in itself, I find it to be extremely shocking,” Martin-Ménard said.

Schertzer explained the extent of Meunier’s bed sores.

Meunier was brought to the ER for a respiratory issue in January 2024 and was left on a stretcher for 96 hours. When he was admitted to the hospital, he had three bedsores that were at risk of worsening without proper care. By the time he chose to end his life two months later with MAID, the wounds spanned nearly the entire width of his buttocks, exposing his internal organs.

The Canadian Press reported on May 15 that Sylvie Brosseau, Meunier’s wife, advocated for his care but was ignored:

Brosseau says Meunier loved the outdoors and had many dreams and plans despite being quadriplegic.

All that changed after he was left on a stretcher at the St-Jérôme hospital for 96 hours and developed a severe pressure sore that never healed.

Brosseau says she repeatedly asked for Meunier to be given a special therapeutic mattress that prevents sores, but she says she felt ignored by hospital staff.Canadia.   

Meunier requested medical assistance in dying two months after developing the sore and died March 29, 2024.

Meunier’s lawyer, Patrick Martin-Ménard, said:

"Although it’s tragic Meunier had to turn to MAID because of Quebec’s crumbling health-care system, the option at least let him die with dignity."

Martin-Ménard is missing the dirty reality that euthanasia (MAID) is used to cover up the deteriorating health-care system. Th death of Normand Meunier is one of many tragic euthanasia deaths. 

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It isn't that this poor man could at least "die with dignity," it's that he was driven to die by euthanasia and this adds to the tragedy.

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Hypocrisy Alert

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) seems to believe that euthanizing animals is an ethical way to treat them. 

The Virginia-based PETA euthanized 80% of its animals in 2014, and that was a relatively "slow year" as 90% or more is typical. It got to the point where the Virginia State Legislature had to pass a bill to protect animals from PETA. The bill was put forward by Sen. William M. Stanley Jr. (R-Franklin). 

PETA  hired a lobbyist hitman, Steven Haner, to try his hand at killing the bill, but fortunately for many of our furry friends, the bill passed 95 - 2.

Here are some of the numbers: in 2014 PETA took in 3,017 critters and only 162 were adopted, 2455 were murdered which equates to 81% killed. PETA's kill rate is over three times more than all other Virginia shelters. In fact, 210,599 animals were taken in throughout the state and 49,302 were killed, which equates to less than 25%.

Debra Griggs of the Federation of Humane Societies said of the death rate, "It's just impossible to consider that they are making an attempt to adopt out animals with that failure record." 

So this is another example of a far left organization that fools itself into believing that it's doing the right thing for mankind (or, in this case, critterkind), when the facts prove otherwise. 

The deeper truth probably has more to do with a hidden agenda.

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