At 11, he suffered in palliative care for weeks. His mom says MAID should have been an option – CBC
Canada not yet ready for expansion of MAID to children, say experts
Sep 23, 2024
Valérie Daigle wishes her son’s life could have ended differently — dignified and pain-free.
Instead, she says 11-year-old Grégory Tanguay was cooped up in a palliative care room in the Fleurimont Hospital in Sherbrooke, Que., conscious and whimpering as he suffered for weeks from malnourishment, seizures and infection.
From birth, Grégory— whom she affectionately called “Greggy” — was diagnosed with neurological disabilities including cerebral palsy. He was non-verbal and could neither walk nor eat on his own.
Daigle says she’ll never be able to erase haunting memories of doctors being unable to ease her son’s pain.
“Seven weeks of suffering for a child: I find this abominable. If he had suffered like that in my home, I would be speaking to you from behind bars,” said Daigle, who lives in Shawinigan, Que., in the province’s Mauricie region.
