When Cleo Gratton told his family he would rather die than go back to Health Sciences North in Sudbury, his daughter says he wasn't exaggerating.

The 84-year-old from Chelmsford died last week of natural causes, shortly after he was approved for a medically-assisted death, often known as MAID.

His daughter Lynn says he made that decision after a recent stay at the Sudbury hospital left him “beyond floored.”

Gratton— who had a variety of health problems including kidney failure and heart disease— spent a night in the emergency room before being moved to a bed in a hallway on the 7th floor.

"There were no lights, all the bulbs in that hallway had been completely removed. The only light we had was almost like a desk lamp that had been bolted to the wall,” Lynn said.

“Patients are passing

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