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Posted on 09/09/2003 8:10:36 AM PDT by MarMema
BRUSSELS — The right to euthanasia must exist in all hospitals, negotiators forming Belgium's new government said Friday in a move to counter opposition by some Catholic hospitals that have allegedly refused to permit assisted suicide on their premises.
The negotiators, who are forming a government after the 18 May general elections, have laid down that every hospital must have a team of doctors prepared to apply euthanasia, under a strict policy designed to protect patients and their relatives. Euthanasia was made legal, under certain conditions, in Belgium last year.
Doctors will be given a protected status for performing euthanasia.
The chairman of the Flemish liberal VLD party, Karel De Gucht said euthanasia is the business of a doctor and a patient, and that hospitals should not interfere.
In February a doctor who carried out euthenasia on a terminally ill cancer patient in a Catholic hospital was dimissed by managers who accused him of not following the legal correct proceedure by the hospital management and dismissed. The doctor denied that he had disobeyed the law.
BRUSSELS – Flemish Liberal Senator Jeannine Le-Duc has announced plans to propose an extension of Belgium's euthanasia law to allow the procedure for those under the age of 18.
Those under the age of 18 feel pain in exactly the same way as their elders,” Le-Duc told the Gazet van Antwerpen.
Francophone politicians have said themselves open to the idea of discussion surrounding a reduction in age to 16, but no less.
Euthanasia for a seven-year-old kid – there’s no way,” Liberal Senator Philippe Monfils told La Libre Belgique.
Earlier in the week, the future Belgian government called for hospitals across the country to be prepared to administer euthanasia with a specialised group of medical staff on call at all times.
"One lawmaker said euthanasia is the business of a doctor and a patient, and hospitals should not interfere".
I think any politician who would propose such a law deserves to be hanged by a lynch mob. This is completely outside the realm of what government should be permitted to do.
-ccm
"My name is Bond. Doctor Bond. ID 007 -- the 00 indicates my license to kill."
"Now, Mr. Jones, you know these hospital bills are putting a great strain on your loved ones who see their inheritence dwindling by the hour. Why don't you do the right thing and sign the forms and put an end to your misery. After all, it's your right."
They have learned nothing.
Not legalized until 1990. In an unusual move, the late King Baudouin abdicated for 24 hours rather than sign the bill (some acting head of state did).
Looks like the EU has found "the final solution" for the financial burden of its aging population. All those who "feel pain" will be shown the ultimate door -- except for "seven year-olds," because, of course, they can't yet publicly foster the idea of euthanasia for defective children -- but give them time to keep shaving the limits.
For those who are dying soon and are given pain relief, I think this is appropriate medicine.
However the realities are that people like your father ( and mine earlier this year, btw) are being treated. Other people are simply being discarded because they are a burden to society and sometimes to family members.
The same view - that we are "allowing" them to die - is being used to kill people who, in many cases, have stated that they want to live, are not dying or terminal, and often are using wheelchairs to get around on their own.
You can read some of the links on my FRpage if you want to learn more. Currently in Florida, a woman disabled but responsive is probably about to be killed by having her feeding tube removed because she has a serious brain injury.
Even though she smiles, looks at and recognizes people, and her parents are willing to care for her, her husband has gone to court to have her killed.
See Terri for more about her. Her last chance for life is a hearing in just a few days. She will suffer as she dies from dehydration, it is a cruel death to impose on someone. So if you pray, please remember her in your prayers.
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