A Canadian man who was injured in a workplace accident, and then denied surgery, which he begged for, has been granted Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) on request.
“Today I received a photo and post from a Dr friend of mine, who pointed out the most wild case of MAiD overreach I’ve seen in a while, and to be frank there has been several a day”, wrote Kelsi Sheren, who noted it on her blog:
“This was what was stated, ‘A Canadian citizen, injured in a workplace accident, was denied the surgery he needs and instead he was offered assisted dying (MAiD) by a healthcare practitioner and the system’.”
“I’ve been begging for surgery, and they have denied me”, the man told the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. “If I ask for assisted suicide, they have everything ready to go. That’s the point I’m trying to get across. I asked for these forms out of anger and got them immediately.”
Earlier this year, a disabled Canadian man said he’d been “been approached and told by healthcare staff to consider opting for Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD)” having “faced neglect, verbal abuse, and denial of essential care. I’ve been told my care needs are too much work, and my life has been devalued.”
He also issued a warning to nations considering assisted suicide laws, including England and Wales, stating: “I believe my own experience is a cautionary tale of how well-intended laws go very wrong.”
There were over 15,000 MAiD deaths in Canada in 2023, the latest figures show.
Canadian veterans suffering from PTSD have also been offered assisted suicide. Kelsi Sheren, who served in Afghanistan, said she knows of dozens of ex-soldiers who have been recommended MAiD.
“When you take people who were willing to put their lives on the line for you, for your safety, then you have the audacity to tell them it’s better if you just die… it is one of the most disgusting things”, said Sheren.
“It’s unacceptable, and it is one of the most infuriating things to come down from the Canadian administration in the last decade.”
Sheren now advocates against Canada’s assisted suicide law.
Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill for England and Wales is set to be voted on again by MPs on 16 May. The proposed law, if passed, would legalised assisted suicide for terminally ill adults given six months to live.
But there are fears that it will be expanded in the future. “That could happen”, Ms Leadbeater admitted on LBC Radio last month. SPUC also warned that British veterans could be targeted by assisted suicide in the future if such a law is introduced in the UK.
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