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The-Life Clinic has again reprimanded for negligent act of euthanasia. Regional Key Ting Commission Euthanasia (RTE) is a doctor of the clinic acted by committing to an elderly woman who does not want to go to a nursing home. Euthanasia careless This newspaper Trouw writes Wednesday.
It is the second time in four months that the end of life Clinic Foundation (SLK) is tapped. Fingers In the latter case involved a woman between 80 and 90 years old, who could not talk. Strokes by In April, the RTE found that the clinic had to perform with another old woman before her life was ended. More calls This woman had suffered for years from depression.
In the decision of the assessment is that the patient after her first stroke, about 20 years ago, has recorded that she did not want to go to a nursing home. She has three times signed a written euthanasia declaration she stated that she wanted euthanasia as they should be. Permanently in a nursing home Because she could not talk, after recent strokes her children contacted with-Life Clinic.
But the RTE finds that the doctor and the clinic had to take to find out whether the woman unbearable more time and effort suffering. “The doctor has failed to show that he is able to find that there was in this patient talk of unbearable suffering. Convinced
A spokesman for the end of life Clinic says there” was clearly an element of unbearable suffering, but it fails to convince. “the ethics of it, the doctor The euthanasia was justified, the spokesman said. “And the interest of the patient is fully monitored.”
The final decision of the RTE for the clinic is no reason to change the policy. In the previous statement is that it happened: when it was decided to add a psychiatrist to consult in case of psychiatric patients.
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