St. Vincent's Healthcare CEO Tom VanOsdol says, «That's really a big part of the long - term solution is
making sure we have
access to services and enough services in the right locations so individuals, who don't necessarily need
to go
to the emergency department, can get the
care and the treatment they need for underlying
mental health issues.»
Alternatively, a commitment was
made in the preamble as the legislation reads, ``... the Government of Canada has committed
to develop non-legislative measures that would support the improvement of a full range of options for end - of - life
care, respect the personal convictions of
health care providers and explore other situations — each having unique implications — in which a person may seek
access to medical assistance in dying, namely situations giving rise
to requests by mature minors, advance requests and requests where
mental illness is the sole underlying medical condition...»