http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Protect+health+care+system/5922060/story.html
Protect health-care system
By Louis Cass, Edmonton Journal December 29, 2011
I heard about something that happened in Ontario. From what I understand an elderly woman in her 90s who was already in the hospital had a person with the respiratory flu placed in the same room as her, supposedly because there were insufficient beds.
She then came down with the flu and after a short period of time she died.
Could this be considered euthanasia with-out consent? Is this what we have to look forward to in the future as we age?
This makes me wonder whether we need rules that will give each of us the ability to decide what is best in our specific situation. I do not trust the government to make decisions for me.
It appears the federal government wants to distance itself from the issues. Private medical care is obviously on the way. We can then be a twin of the United States and have half our population without adequate medical care.
Am I scared? Yes and you should be, too.
Louis Cass, Edmonton
