(11 Aug 2022) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4392336 RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS London, Ontario - 8 July 2022 1. The exterior of a hospital ASSOCIATED PRESS Chatham-Kent, Ontario - 8 July 2022 2. Various of Erin Smith walking her dog in a park ANNOTATION: Erin Smith's father visited the hospital last year after a fall. ANNOTATION: He never left. ASSOCIATED PRESS Chatham-Kent, Ontario - 8 July 2022 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Erin Smith, father was euthanized: "Everyone comes in. And we sit around Dad. And they give him the medications. And that was that." 4. Various of Smith holding and discussing a photo of her late parents ANNOTATION: Rod McNeill was euthanized a month after arriving at the Ontario hospital. ANNOTATION: Smith disputes whether her 71-year-old father properly consented and says doctors did not seek medical records from McNeill's own physician. ASSOCIATED PRESS Chatham-Kent, Ontario - 8 July 2022 5. Smith holds a copy of her father's autopsy report ANNOTATION: And she says her dad was euthanized for an affliction -- end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- that an autopsy shows he didn't have. ASSOCIATED PRESS Chatham-Kent, Ontario - 8 July 2022 6. A folder with Smith's name on it 7. Framed photos of Smith's father and other family members arranged on a table 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Erin Smith, father was euthanized: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "He felt that he was more of a nuisance to the staff there and that it was just easier just to go and not be a bother to anybody." 9. Smith walks her dog on a street ANNOTATION: In Canada, adults with a "grievous" medical condition in an irreversible state where their suffering is "unbearable" can seek help in dying. ASSOCIATED PRESS Chatham-Kent, Ontario - 8 July 2022 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Erin Smith, father was euthanized: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "I didn't realize that it was for everyday people, basically, until my sister, Sue, said, 'Hey, no, this is actually a thing in Canada now.'" ASSOCIATED PRESS London, Ontario - 8 July 2022 11. Various of the exterior of the hospital, which is unrelated to the case of Smith's father ANNOTATION: A thing that has come under criticism -- from human rights experts, academics and disability advocates. ANNOTATION: Canada allows people with disabilities to choose to be killed in the absence of any other medical issue. ASSOCIATED PRESS Thames Centre, Ontario - 8 July 2022 12. A Canadian flag waves in the wind ANNOTATION: Canada's health minister says the country's euthanasia law recognizes the rights of all people and the equal value of every life. ASSOCIATED PRESS London, Ontario - 8 July 2022 13. Dr. Ramona Coelho walks from a reception area to her office ANNOTATION: But human rights advocates say the regulations devalue the lives of disabled people. ASSOCIATED PRESS London, Ontario - 8 July 2022 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Ramona Coelho, family physician: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "The whole premise of the legislation, I think, is built on a discriminatory kind of approach to people with disabilities." 15. Various of Coelho filling out paperwork at her desk ANNOTATION: Dr. Ramona Coelho cares for patients with disabilities as part of her family practice in London, Ontario. ANNOTATION: Coelho says it is especially troubling that some disabled patients seek to die because they aren't receiving adequate government support to live. ASSOCIATED PRESS London, Ontario - 8 July 2022 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Ramona Coelho, family physician: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Rome - 8 October 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/6814754a6f3b494c9de9aa9fe9ca5977

• published: 08 Nov 2022
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