Physician-aided death is not healthcare
We just passed the year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare workers have been saving lives and comforting the dying one breathing tube at a time. We have been working double and triple shifts, we’ve cried as we have lost patients and comforted families, and we have been called heroes. And now, for some reason, legislation to enact physician-assisted death is up for discussion: H.B. No. 6425, An Act Concerning Aid In Dying For Terminally Ill Patients.
As someone who works within a healthcare setting, I would like to know who in our hospitals is asking for this. I have found that this is not a topic of conversation in an environment where death has become all too common already. I don’t hear anyone in the hospital asking for this bill. Everyone is too busy saving lives.