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By Celeste Percy-Beauregard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator A tee time with loved ones and a peanut butter chocolate parfait. After nearly half a year in palliative care at Brantford General Hospital, it\u2019s what James Thomson \u2014 Jim to his friends \u2014 was longing for. It happened, thanks to two local paramedic services. Andrew Wood started a palliative \u201cwish\u201d program as part of the Brant-Brantford community paramedicine team. His mission is to help Brantford and Brant County residents in their last weeks or months of life to fulfil an experience they wouldn\u2019t be able to easily accomplish on their own. In just over a year, he has facilitated four in-person experiences and many more virtual ones. Thomson \u2014 a retired Toronto Sun journalist \u2014 golfed \u201cevery single day… <\/p>\n

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By Celeste Percy-Beauregard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator A tee time with loved ones and a peanut butter chocolate parfait. After nearly half a year in palliative care at Brantford General Hospital, it\u2019s what James Thomson \u2014 Jim to his friends \u2014 was longing for. It happened, thanks to two local paramedic services. Andrew Wood started a palliative \u201cwish\u201d program as part of the Brant-Brantford community paramedicine team. His mission is to help Brantford and Brant County residents in their last weeks or months of life to fulfil an experience they wouldn\u2019t be able to easily accomplish on their own. In just over a year, he has facilitated four in-person experiences and many more virtual ones. Thomson \u2014 a retired Toronto Sun journalist \u2014 golfed \u201cevery single day... <\/p>\n

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