‘Don’t take your health for granted,’ Vancouver Island 26-year-old says preparing for medically assisted death

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‘Don’t take your health for granted,’ Vancouver Island 26-year-old says preparing for medically assisted death

If you had unbearable, untreatable pain – where would you end up? This is the question a 26-year-old Vancouver Island woman has had to grapple with, realizing that for her, the answer is a medically assisted death.

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