Doctor who 'giggled' while speaking about euthanising people - and claimed 'nobody is more grateful than her patients' - leaves viewers feeling 'uneasy' about Liz Carr's Better Off Dead? documentary
Daily MailA Canadian doctor who has personally euthanised more than 400 people has left viewers feeling 'uneasy' as she 'giggled' while discussing the solemn topic with a disability rights campaigner in a new BBC documentary. Speaking to Liz Carr's programme, Better Off Dead?, Dr Ellen Wiebe, who works with Dying With Dignity, had audiences feeling uncomfortable as she laughed and smiled while discussing assisted death. Ellen, who also runs a contraception and abortion clinic, told Liz she would 'of course' say no and 'has' done so to some people seeking Canada's controversial euthanasia programme - called MAiD. Speaking to Liz Carr's programme, Better Off Dead?, Dr Ellen Wiebe, who works with Dying With Dignity, had audiences uncomfortable as she laughed and smiled while discussing assisted death Not everyone found the situation as unsettling, as many expressed it's possible the doctor was simply 'nervous' Many found the comments 'disturbing', and took to social media to voice their concerns about the programme 'We have a law and I obey this law and there are people who are not eligible under the law,' she explained.
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