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The article goes on about this pressure sore, but I don't think that's why he wants to die.

It quotes him saying that he doesn't want to be a burden, and as he's a fairly new quadriplegic (less than two years) who's had multiple health issues during that time (including other pressure sores), I think his mind was already made up long before this sore.

He basically can't accept his disability.

Obviously, the hospital needs to get their shit together, but this situation goes way deeper than a sore (no pun intended).

Guy basically said, I don’t want to live on this planet anymore. Incredibly sad how things have deteriorated.

His partner, Sylvie Brosseau, says without having access to a special mattress, Meunier developed a major pressure sore on his buttocks that eventually worsened to the point where bone and muscle were exposed and visible — making his recovery and prognosis bleak.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Before being admitted to an intensive care bed for his third respiratory virus in three months this winter, Meunier was stuck on a stretcher in the emergency room for four days.

His partner, Sylvie Brosseau, says without having access to a special mattress, Meunier developed a major pressure sore on his buttocks that eventually worsened to the point where bone and muscle were exposed and visible — making his recovery and prognosis bleak.

Without access to a mattress that shifts pressure points to prevent the formation of bedsores, a patient's position must be changed frequently, says Jean-Pierre Beauchemin, a retired geriatrician and professor at Université Laval's faculty of medicine.

"That whole story is a crying shame," said Steven Laperrière, the director general of the Regroupement des activistes pour l'inclusion au Québec (RAPLIQ), which supports people with disabilities.

In an email to CBC, management at the local health authority, CISSS des Laurentides, said it is taking Meunier's case "very seriously."

The Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy at the University of Toronto says people who are already vulnerable are left feeling like more of a burden in the system.

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They didn't spend money on accommodating his medical needs and they got to euthanize a disabled person, I'm pretty sure this is a win/win for Canada's burgeoning eugenics program.

I'm concerned how much the focus is on being a burden to others. If someone wants to die then fair enough, but if they die for the benefit of others that isn't a free choice.