Due to the unbearable sequelae, a woman in Canada applied for euthanasia

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] A 50 -year -old woman in Canada has applied for euthanasia for the multiple torture and blows of the sequelae of pneumonia on its body, spirit, and economy.

According to the Canadian Television Network (CTV) recently, the woman named Treeson Thompson came from Toronto, Canada, in her 50s. Before infection with the new crown, her career was a chef who needed to engage in physical labor for a long time. However, since the infection of the new crown virus 26 months ago, Thompson not only lost the source of income, but her physical fitness also declined due to the new crown sequelae. Her body would always feel severe fatigue, and even gave herself a cup of water very hard. Not only that, the serious fatigue also caused her to lose her ability to read and write. Her vision would be blurred in the evening, the digestive ability was not as good as before, her smell and taste were destroyed by the virus, and she often couldn't breathe.

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Because she could no longer return to her job, she completely lost its economic source, and it was difficult to get effective economic assistance, which made Thompson lose hope. Although her Canada Ontario province has economic assistance projects that support disabled people, they can provide more than 1,000 Canadian rescue benefits per month, but the new championship sequelae has not been explicitly included in the project's assistance project. She was worried that she would be approved for several years, and the money was only enough to pay her rent. Therefore, in terms of Thompson's own words, there are only two ways left in front of her: "Either die slowly and painfully, or to end life quickly." So she decided to apply for euthanasia.

Although euthanasia was legalized in Canada in 2016, the country's previous laws and regulations only allow those who were nearing death to apply for euthanasia. In March 2021, Canada amended the law and allowed those who were tortured and tortured by unbearable and irreversible diseases to apply for euthanasia. The report also mentioned that Canadians who apply euthanasia are increasing each year. 7,595 people applying for euthanasia in 2020, an increase of 34%over the previous year. After the adjustment of euthanasia in 2021, this data may continue to rise. Some medical experts have said that constantly relaxing the restrictions on applying for euthanasia, I am afraid that people will encourage people to choose death when facing difficulties, instead of trying to survive, or to promote social changes in medical assistance. (Gao Lei)

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