If canada doesnt delay maid for Mental Illness, i would feel that were disposable. Ill speak on behalf of those who dont have a voice, those who are frightened to have a voice. I hope im speaking for them. Its the one thing i believe i have to do to advocate for the mentally ill and advocate for a proper way for assisted death for the mentally ill. Around the world, there are conversations on medically assisted dying. Germany, france and the uk are all currently debating whether it should be permitted and for whom. Medical assistance in dying in canada, also known as maid, is available for adults with terminal illness or serious and chronic medical conditions, but is not yet available for people who suffer solely from a Mental Illness. Its a controversial idea the country is currently debating. My name isjohn scully. Im 82 years old. Ive been diagnosed with severe depression, incurable ptsd and incurable anxiety disorder. I sufferfrom somatic pain, chronic pain that means pain that the
Bombardment . Israel and egypt wont allow the bbc to report from inside gaza. But the bbc has obtained exclusive access to footage filmed by an american doctor recently returned from the north of the territory, where the crisis is most acute. Fergal keane sent this report you may find parts of it distressing. This is the story of a doctor who travelled to hell. Desperate voices cry out. Sam attar went to help people trapped by war. He usually works in a Hi Tech Hospital in chicago. In gaza, his skills and mental strength will be tested to their limits. Immediately upon crossing the border, we were met with the familiar Stench Ofjust millions of people packed on top of each other, living together. In some pockets, the air you breathe, you feel like youre decaying, just breathing it, because there are just so many people. The crisis is constant. Lives in the balance. The wounded and the lost. Woman cries. The mother who will not leave the side of her dead boy. Amin, amin you have no ct s
I wouldve died thinking i had a depression that would never go away. If canada doesnt delay maid for Mental Illness, i would feel. That were disposable. Ill speak on behalf of those who dont have a voice, those who are frightened to have a voice. I hope im speaking for them. Its the one thing i believe i have to do to advocate for the mentally ill and advocate for a proper way for assisted death for the mentally ill. Around the world, there are conversations on medically assisted dying. Germany, france and the uk are all currently debating whether it should be permitted and for whom. Medical assistance in dying in canada, also known as maid, is available for adults with terminal illness or serious and chronic medical conditions, but is not yet available for people who suffer solely from a Mental Illness. Its a controversial idea the country is currently debating. My name isjohn scully. Im 82 years old. Ive been diagnosed with severe depression, incurable ptsd and incurable anxiety diso
Blinken is expected to visit saudi arabia in the coming days. Meanwhile, hamas has posted a new video, which shows two of the hostages captured during its october attack. Keith siegel, and omri miran, both identify themselves. While the video is not dated, there is a reference to the recent passover holiday. Its the second such video that hamas, considered a terror group by the uk and us governments, has published in the past few days. Our correspondent, anna foster is in tel aviv where families have been gathering to again call for the release of all the hostages. Omri mirans father was actually already on the list of confirmed speakers for this event tonight. When he got up on the stage, he talked about the moment, he said he was sitting having coffee with someone and talking about his grandchildren when the man he was talking to held his phone and said, look, they have released a video of omri. What was also interesting was as the crowd were gathered here tonight, is they showed tha
Now on bbc news, the right to die. Normally my day begins by changing my t shirt. Its soaking wet from the sweat from the nightmares. I wake up most mornings saying, not another day. As a person suffering from Mental Illness, i and other people are invisible. No one recognises us. They are embarrassed by Mental Illness, and thats. The stigma is vast. If medical assistance in dying had been available, back during those times where things were really, really low, like, there was no hope, i wouldnt be here today. I would have died thinking i had a depression that would never go away. If canada doesnt delay maid for Mental Illness, i would feel like. That were disposable. Ill speak on behalf of those who dont have a voice, those who are frightened to have a voice. I hope im speaking for them. Its the one thing i believe i have to do, to advocate for the mentally ill and advocate for a proper way for assisted death for the mentally ill. Around the world, there are conversations on medically