Canadian woman seeking help with suicidal thoughts offered plan to die

[Michie]

Kathrin Mentler is questioning how Medical Assistance in Dying is an appropriate suggestion for a patient seeking to live through suicidal thoughts.​

A Vancouver woman who went to the hospital for help with suicidal thoughtswas dismayed when the clinician suggested that Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) might be the solution. MAiD for those who suffer from mental illness will become legal in Canada in 2024.



When Kathrin Mentler, a 37-year-old who grapples with depression and suicidality, visited Vancouver General Hospital, she did so specifically because she wanted to live and needed help to do so. According to the Globe and Mail, however, Mentler was informed that there would be a long wait to see a psychiatrist, that the “system was broken.” She was finally asked if she had considered MAiD as an option.

The idea was so out of line with the treatment she sought that Mentler said she didn’t initially understand what the clinician meant, thinking it was something more along the lines of “like a maid that cleans a room.”

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Canada: Woman fighting suicidal thoughts offered plan to die

Kathrin Mentler is questioning how Medical Assistance in Dying is an appropriate suggestion to a patient seeking to live through suicidal thoughts.

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[RileyG]

Terrible. Lord have mercy

 

[Chrystal-J]

Sickening. It's all about money. If they can't make big bucks off of someone, they want to get rid of them.