A Canadian man battling a debilitating neurological disease told Fox News Digital that hospital staff repeatedly raised the possibility of medically assisted death while he was fighting for the home care he says he needs to survive.Roger Foley, who has spinocerebellar ataxia, told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that the conversations began in 2016 at Victoria Hospital, part of the London Health Sciences Centre in Ontario, where he says he has remained hospitalized for years while seeking a self-directed home-care arrangement.In a July 7, 2026, letter obtained by Fox News Digital, Foley's attending physician said he could safely leave the hospital if the Ontario government authorized an individualized home-care arrangement.EXCLUSIVE: ‘BROKEN COUNTRY’ FILMMAKER WARNS CANADA’S SLOW DECLINE OFFERS CAUTIONARY TALE FOR AMERICANSFor the first time in approximately a year and a half, Roger Foley said he was finally able to enjoy solid food again over the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend.(Roger Foley)"By any reasonable clinical standard, you could be discharged from our hospital if you had adequate support at home," wrote Dr.
George K.Dresser, an attending internal medicine physician at London Health Sciences Centre.Dresser said Foley has been medically stable for much of his prolonged hospitalization, despite suffering hospital-acquired infections, and argued that conventional home-care programs have failed to accommodate his complex medical needs."You have been at London Health Sciences Centre because the unique needs that you have cannot be met by existing programs in the community," the physician wrote.Dresser described Foley as "a square peg in a round hole," arguing that the hospital's standardized approach to care is poorly suited to a patient who requires consistent caregivers and highly individualized assistance.The physician also suggested that keeping Foley hospitalized may be unnecessarily expensive for Ontario's healthcare system."A community-based,...