She's losing her foot to a bedsore. Disability advocates say it speaks to a larger problem
A Quebec community organization is calling for the establishment of specialized services in Eastern Quebec to prevent ...
Her fiancé has been in prison for 49 years. She’s hoping for a day when they can truly be together
Christine Roess is a retired consultant. Ezra Bozeman has spent the last 49 years in prison, serving a life sentence for a ...
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Quadriplegic Quebec man chooses assisted dying after 4-day ER stay leaves horrific bedsore
Weeks later, he would emerge with a severe bedsore that would eventually lead him to seek medical assistance in dying (MAID). Meunier, 66, had been a truck driver before a spinal cord injury in ...
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The bedsore scanner which could save thousands of lives
A new scanner is being used by St Mary's Hospital, on the Isle of Wight to tackle patient bedsores. Pressure sores kill 60,000 people a year and cost the NHS £2.1bn annually. They usually affect ...
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Pressure ulcers and bedsores
What is a pressure ulcer or bedsore? A pressure ulcer, or bedsore, is an area of skin - and sometimes also the tissue underneath - that has become damaged because of pressure. An ulcer may develop ...
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Chilling wake up call over Scotland's right to die law
Legal expert Professor Trudo Lemmens said similar moves in Canada had led to ‘euthanasia’ of the disabled – including a man who developed a bedsore and no longer wanted to be a ‘burden’.