'You better learn jiu jitsu and hand-to-hand combat if you ever take my opioids away,' Dr. David Bittleman's patient wrote him. 'You better learn how to defend yourself!'
As assisted dying legislation is extended globally—lawmakers are set to debate it in Britain and Portugal's Parliament recently backed a euthanasia bill—some experts say the system in Canada warrants further scrutiny.
The hospital also warned earlier this week that emergency wait times were "much higher than normal'' due to high patient volumes and ongoing staff shortages.