A British Columbia judge has granted an urgent injunction stopping a womanB次元官网网址檚 medically assisted death, the day before it was scheduled to take place in Vancouver.

The injunction granted on Saturday to the womanB次元官网网址檚 common-law partner prevents Dr. Ellen Wiebe or any other medical professional from helping end the life of the 53-year-old Alberta woman within 30 days.

The judgeB次元官网网址檚 ruling says the woman appears to have a mental health condition with no physical ailment.

The B.C. Supreme Court application for the injunction says that after she was denied medical assistance in dying, or MAID, in her home province, she found Wiebe in Vancouver.

It says Wiebe approved MAID on her first meeting with the woman, without consulting the patientB次元官网网址檚 other doctors.

Justice Simon R. Coval said on Sunday in his reasons for granting the injunction that it was B次元官网网址渃learly a situation of extreme irreparable harmB次元官网网址� to both the woman and her partner if the injunction was not granted before she was scheduled to die on Oct. 27.

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The woman and her partner have been granted anonymity by the court.

The application says the woman was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and later became convinced she had akathisia B次元官网网址� an inability to sit still that is linked to certain types of medication B次元官网网址� and began exploring medical assistance in dying.

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The document claims she did not exhaust all medical treatments and was unable to obtain approval for assistance to die in Alberta.

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It also says the woman could not find an independent witness for the authorization form, or a second person to authorize MAID so Wiebe provided both.

Medically assisted death in Canada is only currently legal for people on the basis of a physical health condition.

Applicants whose medical condition is mental illness will remain ineligible until at least March 2027.

The application says Wiebe breached her statutory duty by approving assistance in dying for a condition that does not qualify, while failing to review the patientB次元官网网址檚 medical history or conduct a full health assessment.

None of the allegations have been proven in court and Wiebe declined a request for comment by The Canadian Press.

Wiebe was interviewed for a BBC documentary that screened this year, telling an interviewer that she had been involved with more than 400 MAID deaths.

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The B.C. Supreme Court application names the woman, Wiebe and her clinic as defendants.

It had sought a permanent injunction against MAID for the woman, or a 30-day injunction in the alternative, as well as a declaration the woman does not qualify for MAID, and damages.

The applicantB次元官网网址檚 lawyer did not immediately respond to voicemails left with her firm.