Woman visiting ER for back pain stunned after doctor suggests euthanasia program

Just die already.

A Canadian woman claims she went to the hospital for help with a sudden illness — and was shocked when a doctor offered to help her die instead.

Miriam Lancaster visited an emergency room in Vancouver in April 2025 Canada after waking up with serious back pain, according to the Western Standard.

That’s when a doctor offered Lancaster Medical Assistance in Dying, the country’s voluntary euthanasia program, before any other treatment,

Lancaster, 84, was appalled.

“All I knew was that I woke up in excruciating pain — so much so that my daughter came running in from another room. She called an ambulance.

“Off I went to the Vancouver General Hospital and I was approached by a young lady doctor whose very first words out of her mouth were, ‘We would like to offer you MAiD,’” Miriam said in a March 18 video posted to X.

“I was taken aback. That was the last thing on my mind. I just wanted to find out why I was in pain — I did not want to die.”

The MAiD program in Canada allows eligible adults with a serious, irremediable medical conditions and intolerable, irreversible suffering to receive assistance from a doctor or nurse practitioner in ending their life.

The program’s strict rules require voluntary requests, informed consent, and assessment by two independent professionals.

The blowback to Lancaster’s story was immediate.

“Stop offering death to people who have adventures to lead!” wrote Amanda Achtman, founder of the Dying to Meet You Project, which aims to prevent euthanasia.

“MAID should not have been suggested,” blasted the Delta Hospice Society, who said the doctor’s swift offer broke the law.

Lancaster said she was a month in the hospital, came home and “recuperated nicely enough that I could take some trips … just recently, I was in Mexico and Guatemala.

“So my recover has been amazing, and there was no need for MAiD to even be suggested.”

Jordan Weaver, Lancaster’s daughter, who was with her at the hospital, said, “My mother and I are practicing Catholics. We would never accept MAID under any circumstances,” according to the National Post.

“Her life is valuable to the people who care for her.”