I apologize if this is offensive, but I really need to understand:

An instructor of a course I’m taking claims that several years ago, a 70 year old Canadian friend of the family was denied a stent, due to age. This sounds sus af to me, so I’m wondering if there is any province that would deny this procedure to someone based solely on their age?

Tyia.

  • FMT99@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I don’t know about Canada specifically, but doctors do routinely weigh operations against the possible impact on quality of life. For example anesthetic can be a significant risk for elderly patients and the cure may end up being worse than three disease. How and if this happened in this case I can’t say but it’s one possible explanation.