A family in Canada was traumatized as an elderly family member writhed in agony and called for help during a botched MAID euthanasia.
The horrific incident unfolded in 2023, after 87-year-old Ontario man “Mr. D.” was approved for a MAID procedure (Medical Assistance in Dying) following a congestive heart failure diagnosis.
The same day he was evaluated at a hospital and found eligible for MAID, Mr. D. was sent home where clinicians showed up to conduct the process.
Clinicians administered the midazolam sedative intravenously and prepared another vein with lidocaine for the following injection of the coma-inducing drug propofol.
However, “Mr. D did not experience expected sedation,” reports the National Post based on a case review.
Instead, “During the first three minutes. Mr. D experienced signs of physical and psychological distress, including groaning, guarding (tensing muscles) and grimacing,” the case review reportedly states.
The situation grew more dire as Mr. D. twitched in pain and began calling for help.
“His behavioural signs of distress escalated to repeated verbalizations, including ‘help me’ that continued until sedation was achieved with propofol and a comatose state was confirmed,” the case report states.
The disturbing chain of events left the family members who were witnessing their loved one’s final moments extremely distraught.
“These unfortunate end-of-life circumstances created profound distress for the family. They witnessed their father suffering with physical and psychological distress and these final memories stay with them.”
In a follow-up, the family members “shared reflections such as powerlessness to change the course of their father’s final suffering, anguish regarding the decision to support their father through the MAID process and immense grief and sorrow regarding their final memories with their father.”
The upsetting moments were chalked up to complications from the midazolam, which rather than sedating can instead cause muscle spasms, twitching and elevated heart rate in rare instances.
News of the man’s agonizing experience comes as reports last week highlighted the case of Bradley Stewart, a 67-year-old Ontario man diagnosed with liver cancer who resumed breathing after MAID drugs had already been administered, as more stories of botched procedures come to light.
Speaking to the National Post, family physician Dr. Ramona Coelho claimed clinicians often inaccurately romanticize the procedure, saying, “some MAID clinicians publicly portray MAID deaths as uniformly peaceful, beautiful and free of complications.”
“This does not present an accurate picture of reality and risks influencing decisions about MAID,” she added.
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You stupid motherfucker, you asked for it and now you’re crying “help me”? Just WOW!