The Belgian population should be aware of the present situation and know that if their lives may come to the point where physicians think they are not worth living
Shocking Report Shows Thousands of Patients Being Euthanized By Doctors Without Consent
In Belgium, a new report reveals that thousands of patients are being killed against their will under the country’s euthanasia law. According to the Daily Mail, the study found that around one in every 60 patient deaths involved someone who didn’t want to die and half of the patients were over the age of 80. Additionally, two-thirds of those who died were not suffering from a terminal disease.
The study was published in the Journal of Medical Ethics, and shockingly, reported that doctors didn’t inform the patient’s family because they believed medical staff should make the decision.
The author of the study, Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor of Hull University, said, “The decision as to which life is no longer worth living is not in the hands of the patient but in the hands of the doctor. It should also be noted that deliberately ending the lives of patients without their request is taking place in Belgium more than in all other countries that document such practices, including the Netherlands. It is worrying that some physicians take upon themselves the responsibility to deliberately shorten patients’ lives without a clear indication from the patients that this is what they would want.”
He added, “The Belgian population should be aware of the present situation and know that if their lives may come to the point where physicians think they are not worth living, in the absence of specific living wills advising physicians what to do then, they might be put to death.”
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