Posted on 08/04/2018 5:55:37 PM PDT by rickmichaels
A euthanasia case in the Netherlands made international headlines last year after it came to light that a woman was euthanized against her will. Now, the doctor who killed her is finally being held responsible.
The patient, who has not been identified, was 74 years old and reportedly suffering dementia. She was living in a nursing home, and had previously said she wanted to undergo assisted suicide when “the time is right.” However, she never put in a request for assisted suicide, so even though her dementia had progressed to the point that she was no longer capable of giving her consent, one of the senior doctors declared her to be “suffering intolerably” and decided to have her euthanized.
When the doctor came in to euthanize her, the patient was not informed of what was going to happen to her, to “avoid unnecessary distress.” She was given coffee with a sedative in it, but she refused to drink it — and then struggled as the doctor tried to kill her. She fought so fiercely that the doctor ordered her own family to physically hold her down, and she was forcibly euthanized.
Previously, a panel had cleared the doctor of any wrongdoing, saying she “acted in good faith.” But now, the Regional Euthanasia Review Committees has said that her actions were unethical, and the case has been passed on to the review board for further investigation.
The claim that the woman had wanted to die through assisted suicide is now being disputed, too. Her living will was said to be contradictory, and while on some days she did say she wanted to die, on others she said she wanted to live.
Disturbingly, five other cases are under investigation for similar ethical oversteps.
This is the first time a doctor has been formally censured since euthanasia was legalized in the Netherlands in 2002. A public prosecutor also said they will announce later if the doctor will face criminal charges as well.
Incredibly, this development is not being applauded by all. “At last there is clarity,” said Bert Keizer, a doctor who works for a euthanasia facility in the Netherlands. “But for people with a living will who want to die if they have advanced dementia, this is a negative ruling. If they can no longer indicate that they still want to die, they will have to drink the cup [of sedative] otherwise they will not receive euthanasia.”
It is becoming increasingly common for patients with psychiatric issues and dementia to be euthanized; last year alone, 83 people with mental illness were killed in the Netherlands.
An execution would be more like it, but murder will do.
There’s a place in the darkness I use to cling to.
That presses harsh hope against time.
In the absence of martyrs there’s a presence of thieves.
who only want to rob you blind.
They steal away any sense of peace tho I’m a king.
I’m a king on my knees. And I know they are wrong when they say
I am strong. As the darkness covers me.
So I turn on the light and reveal all the glory I am not afraid.
To bear all my weakness, knowing in meekness, I have a kingdom to gain.
Where there is peace and Love in the Light in the Light, I am not afraid.
To let your light shine bright in my life In my life.
There are ghosts from my past who have owned more of my soul.
Than I thought I had given away. They linger in closets and under my bed.
And in pictures less proudly dis-played. A great fool in my Life I have been.
Have squandered til pallid and thin. Hung my head in shame and refused to take blame.
From darkness I know I’ve let win. Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
“Martyrs & Thieves”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boKjT524KwE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzNSQm0ys4o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlegOAOv-f8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nthMJ2w0RKY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL1DgHvN038
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYO0tESZhH4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=autookaH9-A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cddG_Ek6PQo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMcSo0N-qqQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LZqD_KTO0A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inil0v6Cdjk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZYbYoyNQw0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsOSF4DBM-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b8fPGASWZ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lHPIiCY9ig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T00OTgVDEZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hquXqcxK4b8
What is this “euthanized” crap? How about using the word MURDER?
Not surprised at all.
Firing squad for all these killers.
Consider it the same treatment they gave ther relative/patient.
I believe people like this poor woman were called “useless eaters” by the National Socialists in Germany around the 1930s.
The country of the Netherlands is full of people whose recent ancestors came from other countries. As with some of the other countries in the region, many of the foreigners changed their surnames to blend in after arriving. Not many of the original Dutch people remaining there. The same is true of Norway, for example. Many of the original ethnic groups of those countries migrated to the U.S.A. over the past few hundred years.
The population density of the Netherlands is also very high.
She was murdered. :(
I’ll ping tomorrow morning, horrible.
When she lost the ability to communicate, the only thing I would consent to was an IV drip to substitute for a feeding tube and this only after much consultation, thought and prayer to know that is what she would want.
Mercifully, she passed away in her sleep only a few days after that decision-- long enough to know it wasn't the cause, short enough to know that she didn't linger long in that agony before going home to her creator.
Yes, it cost us a little more than $1000 extra, but a small price to pay to know I wasn't playing God.
Evil. Evil. Evil.
No. They need to be held down while they are executed.
Hey doc, you get 10% of the inheritance if you help kill our relative....
Anne Franke and Corrie Tenboom marched in a parade supporting this.../s
Look up on youtube a song from The Lost Dogs called Rebecca Go Home.
This was obviously coming, and it will come here because the left can’t foresee the consequences of their policies.
ethical oversteps.
That’s not how you spell murder.
Planned Parentcare.
You did good. God bless you.
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