Sunnybrook v. Dennis Daye - Sunnybrook Uses CCB

A few months ago, I recounted several recent cases in which Sunnybrook clinicians attempted to resolve medical futility disputes through mechanisms other than the Ontario CCB.  But, yesterday, Robert Cribb (who has been covering these issues in a long series of columns for the Toronto Star) reported that Sunnybrook physician Robert Fowler is using the CCB process to argue that Dennis Daye's wife is not making treatment decisions in his best interest.



A massive stroke left Daye with “extensive” and “irreversible” brain damage. Clinicians rate his prognosis “incredibly poor,”  Accordingly, they want to remove aggressive care such as ventilation and CPR and adopt a “more palliative approach."  But Pilar will not consent to that plan.  She wants Daye treated with traditional, plant-based medicine.