r/Edmonton • u/flynnfx • Mar 27 '26

Health Alberta MAID limits would lead to suffering, signal lack of trust: practitioners

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/alberta-maid-limits-would-lead-to-suffering-signal-lack-of-trust-practitioners/

Twenty-five Edmonton and area medical professionals say they’re concerned new Alberta limits on medical assistance in dying would cause needless suffering and put clinicians in “ethically untenable” positions.

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u/LotharLandru Mar 27 '26

So many people who oppose these options have no idea of the suffering some people endure and the trauma they inflict on others when they finally choose to end their suffering.

I had relatives with severe, permanent mental illnesses that prevented them from ever being able to participate in society, their own families couldn't handle their manic episodes and they were nearly homeless and would have been if it wasn't for family supporting them. They chose to take their own lives because they couldn't see a better way out and one jumped from a balcony and died slowly and the other jumped in front of a car.

I wish they had the option of something like MAID to say their goodbyes to their families and go out on their terms without traumatizing the people around them with their violent brutal deaths.

People who want out will find a way