TORONTO — A last\u002Dminute assist has sent Kevin Ackroyd’s life into overtime.
The hospice’s medical director, Dr. Naheed Dosani, says the approach is “all about radical love and caring for people who deserve that care.”
“You’re not going to be abandoned, I’m here,” Dedam recalls telling Ackroyd. She would see him every day from then on.Article content Ackroyd was born in Huntsville, Ont., a few hours drive north of Toronto. His mother was a drug addict, he says, which left Ackroyd and his two younger sisters in and out of group homes. He remains unsure of his father’s identity.Article contentAckroyd was in and out of trouble and on and off the streets by the time he was a teenager.
“I still like to do drugs — I love cocaine — and I still have a drug problem,” he says with a big grin.
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