Yesterday, January 27, the Health & Governmental Operations Committee met in Maryland over the fate of HB 30, one of those innocuous-sounding bills with not-so-innocuous details buried within them. (apologies, but the link to the bill is to a pdf file) In this case, the bill is titled “AN ACT concerning Health – Terminal Condition … Continue reading Maryland Disability Law Center Opposes HB 30
The latest on Minna Mettinen-Kekalainen: MPP hopeful help is on way From the story: For the last three weeks, Mettinen-Kekalainen has taken her fight with the CCAC public in media interviews — even going as far as staging a brief hunger strike to protest the fact she has not been receiving home care. The CCAC … Continue reading Canada: MPP Gelinas Hopeful Help is on the Way for Minna Mettinen-Kekalainen (Sudbury Star)
Most of the time when I find something online that’s relevant to the NDY blog, I pull out an excerpt and point people back to the original article. First, because it’s written by Mike Ervin, who has written pieces featured in our humor section. This piece isn’t exactly humor, but it’s something that fits with … Continue reading Mike Ervin: Ruben Navarro and Rethinking Donation of My Organs
First, over the weekend, Minna’s denial of in-home support went from a regional story to a national one in Canada. The Canadian Press picked up her story and it is now being disseminated all over Canada. This is a link to the story on Metronews.ca. Encouragingly, this story focuses on the consequences of Minna’s withdrawal … Continue reading More on Minna Mettinen-Kekalainen
Several new developments since yesterday – or some new aspects to ones already in the works. First, as I’m writing this, students are staging a protest in Sudbury to raise awareness and keep the pressure up in regard to Minna Mettinen- Kekalainen and the total lack of care and support she is living with as … Continue reading Canada: Updates on Minna Mettinen- Kekalainen
