Aging with Dignity has uncovered the story of Eileen Mihich who was a lonely 31 year-old woman who fraudulently received a lethal assisted suicide poison cocktail even though she:
- She suffered from serious mental illness
- She was not a Washington resident
- No doctor verified she was terminally ill
- No waiting period was enforced
Eileen's story proves that there is no real oversight of the law. After contacting - A Sacred Passing: Death Doula, Eileen forged documents by claiming that she was a doctor and by claiming that she had stage 4 cancer.
The story of Eileen Mihich shows us how little oversight exists in the assisted suicide law. It also asks the big question, how did Eileen receive the lethal poison that killed her?
Thank you for posting this, Alex. I was Eileen's aunt and I am moved that her story is getting the attention that it so deserved.
ReplyDeleteCondolences to you, this is heartbreaking what the state of Washington did to your niece I will be praying 🙏 for you and for your niece and an end to euthanasia
DeleteDeep condolences. Such a sad and tragic story.
ReplyDeleteMakes me want to cry. -- Thomas Lester
ReplyDeleteThou shall not kill !
ReplyDeleteSo very sorry for your loss, Eileen's aunt. I have children who struggle with depression and anxiety. It is deeply concerning that instead of recieving the assistance she needed, that Eileen was able to access lethal medications the way she did. While sharing cannot bring Elieen back, I hope her story can make a difference in helping others.
ReplyDeleteThere has to be better accountability for such mistakes as these. At least France has imprisoned a physician/anesthetist for fraudulent killing of patients whom he used to show colleagues he was a "hero". He got life. We need to see more like this in a medical profession that has gone awry.
ReplyDeleteThe video shows that one can objectively verify that a second doctor was not consulted (and would be shocking to think the first doctor would think it fine for the patient, even if she were a medical doctor as she claimed, would be acceptable), and that the drugs were prescribed prior to the required waiting period, so didn’t the doctor commit a crime? If “MAiD” is a carve-out exception to accomplice to murder laws, acceptable because of its “safeguards”, then the doctor acted outside “MAiD”. Shouldn’t the doctor be arrested and prosecuted under those laws? Otherwise, “MAiD” is no carve-out at all and the “safeguards” are meaningless. It simply legalizes clinicians assisting suicides.
ReplyDeleteMental illness itself makes a person less liable for their actions. It puts into question any physician who is offering a mentally ill patient euthanasia. I think we will see more lawsuits in the future. At least I hope.
DeleteThis Story Is So Sad And Heartbreaking!!! I AM DISTURBED AT HOW "PROFESSIONALS" Whether Medical Or Pharmacists Or Government, etc... ARE SO CARELESS WITH PEOPLE'S LIVES, SO EVIL AS TO QUICKLY AND WITHOUT CONSCIENCE WORK IN A MANNER THEY KNOW WILL END SOMEONE'S LIFE WITHOUT EVEN CONSIDERING FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND PROPERLY "HELPING" PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A BAD STATE AT ALL!!! FOR WHAT REASON DID ALL THESE PEOPLE AND GROUPS INVOLVE "FAST-TRACK" A "PREMATURE DEATH" THERE IS NO REASON AT ALL EVEN IF SOMEONE IS TERMINALLY ILL WITH STAGE 4 CANCER TO PROVIDE "MEDICATIONS TO END THEIR LIFE" WHEN THEY SIMPLY CAN PROVIDE "MEDICATIONS TO HELP THEM 'LIVE' WITH THEIR SUFFERING", EVEN TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS CAN BE PROVIDED MEDICATIONS TO HELP THEM LIVE UNTIL THEIR NATURAL DEATH SO AS TO AVOID "SUFFERING" INSTEAD OF SIMPLY TERMINATING THEM!!! THESE PEOPLE UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES NEED THE GOVERNMENT AND HEALTH WORKERS TO HELP THEM LIVE WITH ALL THAT IS AVAILABLE NOT SIMPLY KILL THEM!!! THAT IS INSANE AND UNBELIEVABLE!!! AND THIS YOUNG LADY HERE, COULDN'T WHOEVER PROVIDED HER THE MEDICATIONS HAVE SIMPLY SAID TO HER THAT THEY CAN AND WILL PROVIDE MEDICATIONS TO HELP HER "LIVE" BASED ON WHAT SHE REQUIRES AND CONSULTING WITH HER AND A DOCTOR LIVE TOGETHER TO BE PROPER AND RESPONSIBLE AND NORMAL!!! WHAT IS THIS??? THIS IS GOING TO FAR AND INSANE!!! WHY SHOULD ANY PERSON, FAMILY, OR FRIENDS EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS EVIL AND HELL FOR NO REASON??? THIS IS ABUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AT IT'S WORST!!! HUMAN RIGHTS MEAN HELPING PEOPLE LIVE IN HUMANE MANNERS NOT HOMICIDE!!!
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