tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post2093555714915405747..comments2024-03-28T09:15:04.144-04:00Comments on Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: Euthanasia death: Were Canada's MAiD (protocols) ignored? Alex Schadenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-86686786719164589942021-04-30T06:44:37.961-04:002021-04-30T06:44:37.961-04:00That is a terrible situation but I believe it. My...That is a terrible situation but I believe it. My husband was in hospital recently following a car accident. He has ongoing pain from a previous head injury which happened a long time ago. The staff seemed unable to understand the level of his pain and how to deal with it. Thank goodness my state (in Australia) hasn't legalised euthanasia (yet). I am quite sure he would have been put to death. You can hardly call it "mercy killing" when the poor man was left with no treatment prior to killing him.Monica O'Learynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-729959801958710562021-04-29T19:51:18.421-04:002021-04-29T19:51:18.421-04:00So someone screwed up and then covered up with MAi...So someone screwed up and then covered up with MAiD.SB from Friends For Life Alliancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217026791787060205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-86606220058496341472021-04-29T19:23:21.806-04:002021-04-29T19:23:21.806-04:00This is unconscionable and horribly tragic! My lif...This is unconscionable and horribly tragic! My life partner was killed using euthanizing measures that included neglect, abuse, humiliation by nurses and the physician who did not do a single assessment during hospitalization. Drugs put her to death PRIOR to the legalization of MAiD. As a retired, doctorally-prepared nurse, I am very concerned about the legalization of measures aimed at ending life. Hospitals are closed systems. The rare event where a health professional speaks out against another one for promoting euthanasia, engaging in stealth euthanasia, deliberate harm, etc. is rare. The police do not enter the hospital to help you. We are in dangerous waters when loved ones are deprived of care, judged "worthy" of dying, and treated such that they decline and suffer, and then offered euthanasia as a solution. We must have external evaluators to monitor CARE . . .to take ACTION when care is sub-standard. . .and to get to all patients to inform them that no decisions on MAiD should be made without external witnesses. Never should someone be guilted into choosing death based on poor care, cost, and the prejudices of age, ability, race, gender, sexual orientation. . .NEVER should death by MAD be an offered choice in lieu of care.informedchoiceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453885949133266793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-43908361082184322882021-04-29T19:22:02.395-04:002021-04-29T19:22:02.395-04:00This is unconscionable and horribly tragic! My lif...This is unconscionable and horribly tragic! My life partner was killed using euthanizing measures that included neglect, abuse, humiliation by nurses and the physician who did not do a single assessment during hospitalization. Drugs put her to death PRIOR to the legalization of MAiD. As a retired, doctorally-prepared nurse, I am very concerned about the legalization of measures aimed at ending life. Hospitals are closed systems. The rare event where a health professional speaks out against another one for promoting euthanasia, engaging in stealth euthanasia, deliberate harm, etc. is rare. The police do not enter the hospital to help you. We are in dangerous waters when loved ones are deprived of care, judged "worthy" of dying, and treated such that they decline and suffer, and then offered euthanasia as a solution. We must have external evaluators to monitor CARE . . .to take ACTION when care is sub-standard. . .and to get to all patients to inform them that no decisions on MAiD should be made without external witnesses. Never should someone be guilted into choosing death based on poor care, cost, and the prejudices of age, ability, race, gender, sexual orientation. . .NEVER should death by MAD be an offered choice in lieu of care.informedchoiceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453885949133266793noreply@blogger.com