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crazy-brazilian:

Canada moment

Paralympian claims Canada offered to euthanise her when she asked for a stairlift

‘I have a letter saying that if you’re so desperate, madam, we can offer you... medical assistance in dying,’ Christine Gauthier told a Cana

The Independent

So the whole thing is appalling. This woman has been disabled since 1989 and applied a few years ago for a stair lift from veterans affairs. After years of waiting, an employee at the VA has the gall to suggest medically assisted suicide if she couldn’t keep waiting.

There is no world in which that is appropriate, on any level. (no one can be *referred* to MAID, it is something a patient has to specifically go and ask their doctor about so what the fuck this person was even thinking is beyond me. It was grossly out of line, and speaks to a broader problem with lack of empathy for the lives and dignity of the disabled clients they are supposed to serve)

When she wrote to the Prime Minister to complain, it triggered an investigation and it turns out this employee suggested MAID to at least five other disabled veterans. They are suspended and the investigation is ongoing.

But in reading these articles I have to wonder…

Has Christine Gauthier gotten her damn stair lift??