A Canadian woman is preparing to be euthanized by the government under the state-sanctioned “assisted suicide” program after years of being denied timely medical treatment for a rare but treatable condition.
The story is yet another grim example of how Canada’s collapsing socialized healthcare system is increasingly steering suffering citizens toward death instead of care.
Jolene Van Alstine suffers from normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism (nPHPT), a disorder that causes vomiting, nausea, debilitating fatigue, and bone pain.
Yet despite the condition being operable, Van Alstine says she cannot get the surgery she needs in Saskatchewan because no surgeon in the province performs the procedure.
However, after years of waiting for surgery, the government has offered Van Alstine swift death by lethal injection.
Van Alstine says she has waited years for surgery, but now feels she has no other choice but to give up after losing hope of ever receiving the treatment she needs.
Her life has shrunk to near total isolation.
“My friends have stopped visiting me,” she said.
She describes “living alone, lying on the couch for eight years, sick and curled up in a ball, pushing for the day to end.”
“I go to bed at six at night because I can’t stand to be awake anymore,” she told CBC.
With nowhere else to turn and no functioning medical system to help her, Van Alstine applied for Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD).
She was quickly approved for the procedure and is due to be euthanized on January 7, 2026.
Van Alstine revealed that she only had to wait three months to be approved for euthanasia.
There is only a 3 month wait to be approved for MAiD in Canada after the doctor and nurse assess you. One was an old co worker. She was shocked. Yes. I used to work for the same health region that would no prefer that I die rather than me have surgery
— Jolene Van Alstine (@Ultraviolet4910) December 9, 2025
A Broken System Steers Patients Toward Death
Saskatchewan Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill met with Van Alstine last month, but the details remain confidential.
In a generic statement, the government said it “expresses its sincere sympathy for all patients who are suffering with a difficult health diagnosis.”
But sympathy doesn’t replace care, and Van Alstine’s crisis is no longer rare in Canada.
Over 23,000 Canadians have died over the past year while waiting for medical treatment, according to recent data.
Meanwhile, globalist Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government continues aggressively expanding euthanasia policies.
A new report from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition shows Canada has euthanized 90,000 people since 2016, when MAiD became legal.
What began as a “compassionate option” for the terminally ill has now transformed into the world’s most expansive assisted-suicide regime.
Lobby groups are openly pushing for MAiD for minors.
And until widespread backlash forced a temporary delay, Liberals were preparing to allow euthanasia for Canadians suffering solely from mental illness.
However, the expansion is paused, not canceled.
Americans Step In: Surgeons Offer to Save Her Life
Van Alstine’s story exploded on X, prompting offers of help not from her own government, but from American surgeons.
“If there is any surgeon in America who can do this, I’ll pay for this patient to come down here for treatment,” Glenn Beck wrote.
“THIS is the reality of ‘compassionate’ progressive healthcare.
“Canada must END this insanity, and Americans can NEVER let it spread here.”
Do you mean that? I am Jolene Van Alstine, the person in the article pic.twitter.com/YttDbuEVEG
— Jolene Van Alstine (@Ultraviolet4910) December 9, 2025
In a follow-up, Beck revealed the effort was already underway:
“Surgeons who emailed us standing by to help her.”
“We are in contact with Jolene and her husband!
“Please continue to pray for her health.
“Will update more soon.”
Private American citizens, not Canadian officials, appear to be the only reason Jolene may survive.
Canadians Fight Back Against MAiD Expansion
A Conservative MP has introduced a private member’s bill to ban euthanasia for those with mental illness.
The effort has earned full support from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.
But under the Liberal government of PM Carney, a World Economic Forum (WEF) “agenda contributor,” the push to widen MAiD eligibility continues.
Even former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration attempted to expand MAiD beyond the chronically ill to those suffering from psychological distress alone.
Only overwhelming resistance from pro-life groups, mental-health advocates, medical professionals, and provincial governments forced Ottawa to delay the mental-illness expansion until 2027.
State-Sanctioned Death Becoming the “Solution” to Government Failure
As Slay News recently reported, a study has revealed that the Canadian government’s socialized healthcare system is saving millions of dollars a year by euthanizing patients instead of treating them.
The study found that Canada’s taxpayer-funded healthcare system saves up to $136.8 million annually thanks to the government’s MAiD program.
These “savings” have created a culture where patients are pushed into euthanasia to relieve the burden of long-term care.
Jolene Van Alstine’s case has become a chilling symbol of a country where:
• Patients wait years for care
• Thousands die awaiting basic treatment
• And the government fast-tracks euthanasia approvals while offering little real medical help
Her approval for MAiD is not compassion; it is capitulation.
A healthcare system that cannot treat suffering citizens, but can swiftly arrange their deaths, is not healthcare at all.
Slay News will continue tracking Jolene’s case and the growing international outrage over Canada’s euthanasia regime.
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