They're so polite in Canada, aren't they?
You can ask the government to knock off your wife for you and they'll happily oblige.
Yeah, this is a real story. An elderly woman in Ontario was euthanized by the government (they call it Medical Assistance in Dying or MAID) after her elderly husband grew tired and unable to care for her.
Sounds like he took the "Till death do us part" section of the vow in the wrong way.
From the Daily Mail:
[Names redacted by Canadian officials]
One case study was that of a woman in her 80s referred to as 'Mrs B' who had complications after a coronary artery bypass graft surgery ...
But as her condition got worse, her elderly husband struggled to care for her even with the help of visits by nurses.
'Mrs B reportedly expressed her desire for MAiD to her family. In response, and on the same day, her spouse contacted a referral service on her behalf,' the report read.
This is the way it's supposed to work. Old people get too hard to care for, so the taxpayer-funded healthcare system "does you a favor" and kills grandma.
But in this case, things took a turn.
However, she told the assessor she 'wanted to withdraw her request, citing personal and religious values and beliefs' and instead wanted inpatient hospice care.
Her husband took her to hospital the next morning where doctors found she was stable but her husband was 'experiencing caregiver burnout'.
Mrs B's palliative care doctor applied for in-patient hospice care due to her husband's burnout, but it was quickly denied.
Her husband asked for an urgent second MAiD assessment later that day and a different assessor showed up.
This one judged her to be eligible, but the original one, who was contacted as per protocol, objected.
So, the first doctor agreed she should move to hospice, the second doctor said, "nah, let's kill her," and then a THIRD doctor was called in and agreed with the second that it was "urgent" they proceed with the euthanasia.
And so they did.
She was dead by the end of the day despite changing her mind and her very much alive husband lobbying for her.
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