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One of the most Shakespearean tragedies I've heard in real life is the story of someone who tried hanging themselves before MAID became available. They were fou
by morkalork 2y ago
One of the most Shakespearean tragedies I've heard in real life is the story of someone who tried hanging themselves before MAID became available. They were found and rescued but suffered brain damage. Now they're trapped in a long term care home and wheelchair bound. They'll still tell you they want to die but because of the brain damage they've been declared inapt and thus cannot consent to to MAID.
- FireBeyond 2y agoWe had some training (I'm a paramedic) about our death with dignity legislation: What to do if someone else has taken the drug cocktail (messy but if found soon enough we can usually take care of them)... .. what if someone has taken it and "changed their mind" or "it hasn't worked". In the former, we typically get the professionals who were involved there - is it a case of being (understandably) scared about what will happen, versus ... ? The other is that in some people the cocktail can take an extended time to work - 24, 48 hours. Forgive the black humor, but what does that 911 call look like? "I'm not dead and I'm meant to be, I took my cocktail of death-with-dignity meds and I'm still here."