Don't hurt your back if you are visiting Canada

The Canadian healthcare system continues to provide us with examples of what we should not do in the United States. 

From the Christian Broadcasting Network,  

Canadian citizens are expressing outrage after a woman who was seeking medical attention for back pain was offered euthanasia before she was ever diagnosed. Now, a member of Parliament is citing the story of Miriam Lancaster as proof that Canada needs to stop expanding its euthanasia program.

Miriam told her story in a social media video as well as in a post on The Free Press called, "Never Kill Yourself: When I went to the doctor in Vancouver with back pain, she offered me assisted suicide; instead, I recovered—and went to Cuba!"

It started a year ago when Miriam woke up with back pain and went to the hospital. Before testing her or diagnosing her condition, the hospital staff immediately offered to help her kill herself.

"I was approached by a lady doctor who, the first words out of her mouth were, 'We'd like to offer you MAID,'" Miriam recalls. MAiD stands for Medical Assistance in Dying.

Miriam was 83 and in a lot of pain, but was strong enough to say no to the doctor-assisted suicide. She was able to fight for the treatment she needed. Now she has recovered and was even able to celebrate her daughter's wedding, go traveling, and ride a horse, all within a year of being offered MAiD.

I have seen many cases of people who woke up with back pain and presented to the hospital because the pain was so severe. Some of these people had kidney stones, some had cancer, some had compression fractures, and a few popped up with shingles in a day or so. To offer MAid before testing or making a diagnosis is what you get in a state run system.

Don't hurt your back in Canada!