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The decision by a Ladner hospice to ban medical assistance in dying in its facility is at odds with Fraser Health policy.

On Monday, the newly appointed hospice society president, Angelina Ireland, told staff and volunteers at its Irene Thomas Hospice that the board had repealed a recent decision by the old board to allow MAiD at the facility.

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The move came five days after a change in the balance of power within the Delta Hospice Society’s board.

Assisted dying has been controversial at the hospice, with former executive director Nancy Macey opposed and Fraser Health wanting all non-denominational hospices to permit the service, which has been available since Sept. 2016.

In September, Macey — the hospice founder — was terminated and on Nov. 20 the board voted in favour of MAiD. At the Nov. 28 annual general meeting a new board was elected, and Ireland (People’s Party of Canada candidate for Delta in the October federal election) was appointed president.