An Alberta woman was denied a medically assisted death in Vancouver this past Sunday after an interim injunction was granted in B.C. Supreme Court barely 24 hours before she was scheduled to die.
According to court documents, the woman was approved for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in July by Vancouver MAiD provider Dr. Ellen Wiebe after her own doctors in southern Alberta wouldn’t approve it.
Wiebe was scheduled to conduct the death at 8 p.m. on Oct. 27 at the Willow Reproductive Health Centre.
The injunction application and civil claim were filed by the woman’s common-law spouse. Both names have been ordered anonymized by the court.
In the documents, the husband argues that his wife’s condition — akathisia — does not qualify her for assisted death.
CBC News · Posted: Oct 30, 2024 6:24 PM MDT
Akathisia seems like a nightmare to live with, and she also has RC Bipolar 2.
Complete physical and metal unrest, I can completely understand her wanting relief.
It does sound like the process for MAiD wasn’t followed, and you need to use the correct path.