Dear Editor:
In response to the recent vote of our councillors to not send a letter of support to the province for a hospice for Centre Wellington.
Hospice provided one of the most powerful and beautiful experiences of life before death for our family.
Hospice provides dignity, compassion and such sweet special care for those in their final stages of life, and provides loving, comfortable and peaceful surroundings for families to spend those last precious days with those leaving this life.
Why anyone would not support such a truly beautiful place is beyond me! Have any of these councillors even set foot in Hospice Wellington?
It is an amazing sanctuary with so much expertise available to help people on the final leg of their journey. To not support this initiative for a hospice in Centre Wellington is outrageous!
Medical assistance in dying (MAID) should not be the reason to turn down support for this incredible opportunity to have hospice in our community! It may only be a choice for some people and by not supporting hospice you leave so many people with no place to go to die in peace and comfort and to receive exceptional individual care.
Hospice is really about living – living your last days in peace, and dying with dignity and love!
I sincerely ask that our councillors to please revisit this decision. Please take the time to educate yourselves. Visit Hospice Wellington and speak with their palliative team of health care professionals and volunteers.
The service they provide our loved ones and families in this stunning sanctuary is unprecedented. Thank you for your consideration.
Debbie Ostic,
Fergus