Ontario resident Margaret Marsilla says her 26-year-old son Kiano Vafaeian was given medical assistance in dying (MAID) in B.C. even though he didn’t suffer from a terminal or unbearably painful medical condition and was denied euthanasia in Ontario.
MAID currently permits doctor-assisted suicide solely for individuals with terminal illnesses or incurable medical conditions, as well as under Track 2 for disabilities causing intolerable suffering. A proposed expansion to allow MAID for mental illness is currently paused for review until 2027.
“I strongly feel that if he wasn’t approved for MAID, he would have still been around,” Marsilla said, adding that her son was an intelligent and kind young man whose loss is deeply felt by his whole family….