Live
- YouTube Introduces Real-Time Multiplayer Gaming with Playables
- AUS W vs IND W 3rd ODI: Smriti Mandhana Makes History with Stunning Century in Perth
- CM Revanth Reddy Congratulates Telangana Candidates Advancing to UPSC Interviews
- Collector Inspires Students to Excel Through Discipline, Hard Work, and Smart Work
- District Collector Directs Officials to Expedite Paddy Procurement Process
- SP T. Srinivas Rao Inaugurates State-of-the-Art Volleyball Court for Police Personnel in Jogulamba Gadwal
- Geeta Jayanti Celebrations Organized at Maldakal Thimmappa Swamy Temple
- Indiramma Housing Scheme Survey Reviewed by District Collector
- Government Committed to Resolving ASHA Workers' Issues: Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha
- 'Refrain from interfering in municipal polls': Union Minister Ravneet Bittu tells Punjab officials
Chronic disease hit patients allowed medically assisted death in Canada
Canada\'s parliament has passed a contentious bill to allow medically-assisted death for terminally ill people.The bill received royal assent on Friday afternoon after passing a final vote in the Senate earlier in the day. The bill was voted through after a final bid by senators failed to expand the scope of who qualifies for a doctor-assisted death, CBC News reported.
Canada's parliament has passed a contentious bill to allow medically-assisted death for terminally ill people.The bill received royal assent on Friday afternoon after passing a final vote in the Senate earlier in the day. The bill was voted through after a final bid by senators failed to expand the scope of who qualifies for a doctor-assisted death, CBC News reported.
It was approved with a vote of 44-28.
The Senate had passed an amendment to include those who were not necessarily near death, but the House of Commons rejected it on Thursday.
In a joint statement, the ministers reiterated that the legislation "strikes the right balance between personal autonomy for those seeking access to medically assisted dying and protecting the vulnerable."
The law was put forward after the Supreme Court struck down a ban on doctors helping the incurably sick to die.
The move makes Canada one of the few countries where doctors can legally help sick people die.
Assisted suicide is currently legal in just a few countries, including Switzerland, the Netherlands, Albania, Colombia and Japan.
The practice is legal in the US states of Washington, California, Oregon, Vermont, New Mexico and Montana.
