With Calgary woman starving herself to death, court of appeal scrambling to expedite MAID case

Lawyers and judges are scrambling to expedite the case of a Calgary woman who was approved for medical assistance in dying but is, instead, starving herself to death.The Alberta Court of Appeal has offered a panel of judges available in three weeks to hear an urgent case involving a woman who is approved for medical assistance in dying but can't access it due to a stay of a judge's decision pending appeal arguments.

The stay prevents M.V. from accessing MAID until the case is heard by the Alberta Court of Appeal in October. But, according to an application filed in court on Tuesday, M.V. stopped eating and drinking on May 28.In an affidavit filed in support of that application, M.V. says she "would greatly prefer to receive MAID to reduce suffering."

"However, we cannot give any guarantees as to what our client's position would be … the decision would ultimately be hers as to how she would react to that and to what steps she would take."Antonio directed Jovanovic and co-counsel Austin Paladeau to make contact with M.V.: "not that I'm looking for her permission, just her position on expediting the appeal," said the judge.

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