2026-02-25 from westernstandard.news
CALGARY — A BC palliative care facility that had its funding taken away by the BC government for refusing to provide Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) to its patients is planning to open a facility in Alberta.
The Delta Hospice Society (DHS) built their palliative care facility in 2008, in Delta, BC — with a 35-year lease granted by the Fraser Health Authority (FHA), one of BC's five regional health authorities.
The contract provided DHS with $1.5 million annually, covering an estimated 94% of its costs for maintaining 10 beds at Irene Thomas Hospice (ITH), their palliative care facility.
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