Should Canada ever find itself in the sorry state
wherein assisted suicide is legal, it should not be up to the
doctors to perform this task. Doctors went into medicine to
save lives, not to end them. Doctors are healers, not killers.
Instead, there should be a new “death technician”
job for euthanasia and assisted suicide. These people would be
technicians who are trained in killing people. They can’t be
doctors, because obviously, it is a conflict of interest to be
a doctor and also to end people’s lives. When we see one of
these “death technicians” walking the halls of the hospital,
there would be no mistake as to what their duties are.
When and if I am ever in the hospital knowing that
my life is nearing its natural end, I want to make sure that
my doctor — who has my life in his hands — would never ever
willfully aid in my demise. Conversely if I see the death
technician enter my room, there would be no doubt as to why
he’s there.
Patricia Maloney, Ottawa.
Patricia Maloney, Ottawa.
National Post
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