Canadian Sean Tagert, aged 41, was killed by assisted suicide after health officials decided to cut the funding for his in-home care hours.
 |
| Sean Tagert with son, Aidan (CBC News) |
However, Vancouver Coastal Health, initially only offered Mr Tagert 15.5 hours of care a day, which was then raised to 20 hours a day, meaning that Mr Tagert was forced to pay $263.50 a day for the remaining care that he needed to survive.
Welcome to the great Canadian healthcare system
According to Grandin Media, on social media, Mr Tagert wrote a status which explained that two Vancouver Coastal Health officials visited his home and confirmed that they were cutting funding for his already inadequate care hours.
 |
| Tagert (left) at age 19 |
After receiving this news Mr Tagert wrote a number of devastating social media status’s which read: “So last Friday I officially submitted my medically assisted death paperwork, with lawyers and doctors, everything is in proper order. It’s been a month since I submitted my appeal to the Vancouver Coastal Health patient care quality department. They didn’t even respond….Welcome to the great Canadian healthcare system.”
Mr Tagert was killed by assisted suicide on August 6th.
Canada is home to some of the world’s most sinister euthanasia and assisted suicide laws, as even those without a terminal illness or those suffering from a mental illness are eligible to be killed by a medically assisted death.
Since Canada legalised euthanasia in 2016, there have been at least 6,749 cases of medically assisted deaths, with over 803 dead in the first 6 months of legalisation. 2018 saw Canada’s euthanasia figures soar with over 3000 Canadians killed by their doctor.
When the right to die becomes the duty to die
 |
| Tagert with his mother before the onset of the disease |
A ComRes poll found that nearly half of the British population is concerned that if the option of ending one’s life was made legal, some people would feel pressurised into killing themselves.
It is becoming increasingly evident that suicide laws could lead to vulnerable people seeing suicide as a treatment option, so as not to be a burden to others.
In a recent debate in the House Commons, MP Lynn McInnes expressed her concern at the very realistic possibility of the vulnerable being pressurised to die. Ms McInnes said: “My concern is that in the current climate, at a time of over-stretched NHS budgets and massively under-funded social care, if assisted dying was legalised, it would begin to be seen as an alternative to treatment and to care. There is a very real risk of a subtle yet dangerous culture change, in which vulnerable, terminally ill patients, come to see assisted dying as a treatment option, and indeed the best way to stop themselves becoming a burden to their families, to the NHS and to wider society.”
MP Jim Shannon also stated during the debate, that “the ‘right to die’ for the eloquent and well off would become a duty to die for the poor and vulnerable.”
We have a duty to protect the vulnerable
Director of SPUC’s Patients First Network, Antonia Tully said: “If assisted dying is legalised in Britain it could lead to a reduction in the quality of healthcare and risks promoting death as an alternative to medical treatment. We have a duty to protect the vulnerable, who deserve good healthcare and respect.”
Ms Tully continued: “Mr Tagert’s story should serve as a glaring warning to our MPs that assisted dying can make vulnerable people even more vulnerable. Assisted suicide is an inhumane response to suffering. It is a dangerous route to go down.”
LifeNews Note: Courtesy of SPUC. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children is a leading pro-life organization in the United Kingdom.
 |
| Tagert received a kiss from his mother |
7 days ago - Sadly, they paid for him to be euthanized on August 6th at age 41. ALS patient Sean Tagert was born in Texas to an American father and Canadian mother, but
10 hours ago - INTERNATIONAL AUG 21, 2019 | 5:33PM OTTAWA, CANADA. Canadian Sean Tagert, aged 41, was killed by assisted suicide after health officials decided to ...
10 hours ago - INTERNATIONAL AUG 21, 2019 | 5:33PM OTTAWA, CANADA Canadian Sean Tagert, aged 41, was killed by assisted suicide Read More…
7 days ago - Sean Tagert, 41, was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gherig's disease, ... In Canada, patients over 18 years of age who have been diagnosed with a ...
4 days ago - Man, 41, is killed by assisted suicide after funding for home care is cut. Canadian ... Just How rejected must Sean Taggart have felt by this despicable treatment?
//////
Total bullshit. It's bullshit what the Canadian government allowed to happen here.
ReplyDeleteI'm terribly sorry how Mr Tagert, Sean, was not treated with the dignity he deserved as a human being. I pray for his son that he knows his Dad was a good man and looks over him through his life. I know the troubles Sean had to bear in this world are now washed away in the arms of Christ. Know this, he WALKED through the gates of Heaven... he WALKED. He walks now.