e-4285 (Health)
- Keywords
- Deaths and funerals
- Health care system
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
- 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".
- Open for signature
- April 20, 2023, at 10:31 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 19, 2023, at 10:31 a.m. (EDT)