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e-4285 (Health)
- Keywords
- Deaths and funerals
- Health care system
E-petition
Initiated by Salome Lopes from Toronto, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
Whereas:
- The COVID-19 pandemic has exhibited significant gaps in our healthcare system in terms of protocols staff are expected to follow once a patient dies;
- Failure to cover the body of a deceased and the handling of their body after death has devastating long lasting repercussions to the deceased family;
- All Canadians expect to have their basic human rights upheld including at the time of death and thereafter;
- All human life should be honored and treated with dignity from conception to and including death;
- Witnessing death can lead to feelings of distress and guilt;
- Repeated exposure to death can lead to secondary traumatic stress and compassion fatigue; and
- After a patient passes (as immediately as possible), anyone on the team may initiate "The Medical Pause".
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada 1. To immediately implement "The Medical Pause" into our hospitals and long-term care facilities;
2. To ensure "The Medical Pause" is posted in every patient's room; and
3. To protect dignity of all human life from conception to death and thereafter.
- Open for signature
- April 20, 2023, at 10:31 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 19, 2023, at 10:31 a.m. (EDT)
