Category Archives: Euthanasia
The head of the Dignitas Euthanasia Clinic in Switzerland thinks suicide on demand for the healthy is a peachy keen idea, one that could save money for the National Health Service. ” A marvellous possibility for all,” says Dignitas boss. The head of the Dignitas euthanasia clinic in Switzerland declared yesterday that he believed [...]
So spoke Pope Benedict XVI when he received participants at an international congress entitled: “Close by the Incurable Sick Person and the Dying: Scientific and Ethical Aspects.” In keeping with the teaching of the Church for centuries, the Pope Strongly Condemned all Forms of Euthanasia. Death”, said the Pope, “concludes the experience of earthly life, [...]
A mass grave containing the bodies of 51 people murdered by the Hitler regime has been discovered in a quiet German village which once housed a Nazi euthanasia clinic…. — The bodies show signs of having met a violent death and the children’s tiny skeletons had been tossed into the grave without coffins.
Normally, carers would override the alarm and keep the respirator turned on but, if various stringent conditions are met, including the giving of consent by the patient or legal guardian, the alarm would not be overridden. Similar timing devices, known as Sabbath clocks, are used in the homes of orthodox Jews so that light switches and electrical devices can be turned on during the Sabbath without offending religious strictures.
Euthanasia Doctor Commits Suicide after Finding Patient He Killed Was Not Terminally Ill A doctor acting for the Swiss euthanasia group, Dignitas, has committed suicide after learning that a German woman he euthanized was not terminally ill. Dignitas is under investigation after news of the woman’s death…. And in any case every person in Europe has the right to choose to die, even if they are not terminally ill.” Responsible for the killing of 453 people since its launch by Minelli in Zurich in 1998, the assisted-suicide group expanded into Germany with an office in Hanover last month, in the hopes of advancing the euthanasia cause in that country.
Following the euthanasia investigation in New Orleans is the Doctor is In. CNN is now reporting that a very active investigation is currently underway of Memorial Hospital–where 45 patients were found dead–by the Attorney General’s office. This investigation to date has uncovered additional testimony that euthanasia was actively discussed and may well have been performed: —- Time will tell how this investigation turns out–and it may ultimately be very difficult to prove what happened at Memorial Hospital, given the poor condition of the bodies and the difficulty in distinguishing therapeutic pain management and sedation versus the same drugs used in doses sufficient to kill.