The lonesome death of Jacobo Luis Fuchs

On this day - seven years ago - my friend Mr. Fuchs was rendered unconscious with drugs then denied food and liquids. Seven days later he died of starvation in a nursing home room - alone - surrounded only by the whirl of machines, cold fluorescent light, and impending death.

"You who philosophize disgrace,

And criticize all fears.

Bury the rag most deep in your face

Now is the time for your tears."

.... The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol by Bob Dylan

Mr. Fuchs's family:  Carlos Fox, Joanne Stewart, Michelle Ramsay, Dr. J.Gilles Boulais

Long-term care homes, healthcare companies, and prisons only care about PROFIT!

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Happy Birthday Jacobo Luis Fuchs

Several times a year I visit my friend's grave to play him a Tango on my iPhone. 

Mr. Fuchs was born May 8, 1927 in Argentina and was starved to death on July 11,

2014 in Ottawa, Canada. It is his son who bears the blame for ordering the nursing home to render my friend unconscious with drugs then deny him liquids and food. Alone in his room, surrounded by four, featureless, sterile walls, the sound of machinery and death, his already frail body survived a mere six days.

It's a disgrace that this world feels that it is cheaper, and more expedient to murder old people that to provide the care and love we need at the end of our lives.

I've tried filing criminal charges, petitioned the Coroner to investigate, complained to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, written my local politicians, the Attorney General of Canada,  and picketed our Federal Government - nothing! (so far anyway)

Senior abused and denied liquids like my friend Mr. Fuchs

Ms. Ewashko died of dehydration like my friend Jacobo Luis Fuchs who was rendered unconscious at the Salvation Army's Grace Manor nursing home then denied nourishment and liquids until he died after seven days.

"You who philosophize disgrace"

On this day - five years ago - my friend Mr. Fuchs was rendered unconscious with drugs then denied food and liquids. Seven days later he died of starvation in a nursing home room - alone - surrounded only by the whirl of machines, cold fluorescent light, and impending death.

"You who philosophize disgrace,

And criticize all fears.

Bury the rag most deep in your face

Now is the time for your tears."

.... The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol by Bob Dylan

Please sign my PETITION, which asks Canada's Attorney General to reopen the Coroner's Investigation into the killing of Mr. Fuchs.

I thank you, and Mr. Fuchs's family - Carlos Fox, Joanne Stewart, Michelle Ramsay, Dr. J.Gilles Boulais thank you as well.

German nurse kills a hundred sick and elderly souls

The public is enraged by a psycho who kills a hundred vulnerable patients - mostly the sick and elderly - yet even before the Trudeau government legalized Euthanasia, hundreds of gentle souls like my friend Mr. Fuchs were killed, and continue to be killed, in Canadian nursing homes and hospitals every week.  @Justice for Mr. Fuchs

A carnation and a tango for my friend Mr. Fuchs

Today was another one of my regular visits to Mr. Fuchs and I always play a tango for him.

It's been nearly five years since he was ordered starved to death by his son. 

Horrific bedsores

I say it again, never leave your loved one alone in the hospital. I have great respect for health care professionals but the 'care buck' stops with you and me.

Read the story HERE

I'm off to Ottawa for the annual March for Life

I'm driving to Ottawa to join hundreds of demonstrators hoping to tell our politicians that we must RESPECT LIFE. From the womb to the nursing home room, we must stop killing our most vulnerable.

On the orders of his son, my friend Jacobo Luis Fuchs was killed five years ago in his nursing home room. Mr. Fuchs was rendered unconscious with drugs then denied liquids and nutrition until he died of starvation.

Mr. Fuchs loved life and only wanted his pain to go away. They killed him instead.

Is this what society has sunk too?

Happy Birthday Jacobo Luis Fuchs

Several times a year I visit my friend's grave to play him a Tango on my iPhone. 

Mr. Fuchs was born May 8, 1927 in Argentina and was starved to death on July 11,

2014 in Ottawa, Canada. It is his son who bears the blame for ordering the nursing home to render my friend unconscious with drugs then deny him liquids and food. Alone in his room, surrounded by four, featureless, sterile walls, the sound of machinery and death, his already frail body survived a mere six days.

It's a disgrace that this world feels that it is cheaper, and more expedient to murder old people that to provide the care and love we need at the end of our lives.

I've tried filing criminal charges, petitioned the Coroner to investigate, complained to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, written my local politicians, the Attorney General of Canada,  and picketed our Federal Government - nothing! (so far anyway)

Don't ask permission - Euthanize them all!

What ever happened to "First, Do no Harm" in our current society where it is legal to euthanize the elderly, Downs Syndrome babies, Alzheimer's patients and the mentally ill.

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Do Heaven and Hell exist?

Interesting article in last Saturday's Globe and Mail - yes, I realise I'm a tad behind with my reading as it is now Wednesday, but we retirees have busy schedules.

Anyway, according to Marq de Villier's opinion piece, more than half of Canadians believe in Heaven  but only a third believe in Hell.

Guess those Canadians have never heard of Ying/Yang or Hegel's dissertation on the "Unity of Opposites."

Personally, I subscribe to  the 'Karma' school but I suppose Hell and Karma are not incompatible. So if Karma doesn't deal with the thoroughly evil people on my list in this life, Hell will get them in the afterlife.

"Patients just wanted relief from pain"

Hospital documents reveal, "sometimes it isn't clear whether a patient is requesting a medically assisted death, or perhaps some other kind of pain relief."

Read the story on CBC News 

Killing, not caring

"Michel Cadotte's decision to end the life of his ailing wife was an act of selfishness rather than compassion," the victim's sons told a sentencing hearing Friday.

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Were 34 Elderly patients murdered in this hospital?

In a disgraceful case similar to the 2014 killing of my friend Jacobo Luis Fuchs in Grace Manor Nursing home, instead of caring, these critically ill seniors were killed. The main perpetrator, Dr Husel was subsequently fired by the hospital.


Read the story HERE

More money for end-of-life care and less on bombs and missiles

The Canadian government's lack for funding for adequate nursing home staffing levels and salaries is truly disgraceful.

Read the story on CBC News

Killing children and the mentally ill

What has society come to that we are now considering killing children and the mentally ill? Who's next? the handicapped? the blind? those with dementia? Downs Syndrome? the elderly? (Oh, I forgot. We already murder old people )

"Time to terminate 'assisted dying' - Forbes Magazine

Just ran across this article while reading a back copy of Forbes Magazine.

"What's happing here is an ugly, slippery slope. Instead of working to alleviate the tribulations of the affected and innovating ever better ways to do this, we simply 'put them out of their misery,' the way we do household pets."... Says Steve Forbes, Editor-in-Chief.

Read his column HERE

Senior severely injured in nursing home

My friend Mr. Fuchs was killed in an Ottawa nursing home. In general, staff are undertrained, underpaid and inspectors are few. That situation has to change. Please write/email/speak to your local government representative.

Read the story in the Toronto Star

Euthanasia is murder

Euthanasia is more than a 'slippery slope' - it is murder. Who was it that said something to the nature of, "The measure of a society's evolution is measure by how it treats its most vulnerable members."

Read the story in the Toronto Sun