Euthanasia cases leap 73% at cautioned clinic

NL Times

Janene Van Jaarsveldt

The Levenseindekliniek helped 232 people with their request to die in 2014, 98 more than in 2013. The clinic also had 1,035 requests for euthanasia last year, substantially more than the previous year, the Levenseindekliniek announced.

The Levenseindekliniek received two reprimands last year. The Regional Euthanasia Review Committee (RTE) reprimanded the clinic last month for the euthanasia of a woman with severe tinnitus (ringing in the ears), without performing a psychiatric examination. In August the clinic was also reprimanded for assisting in the suicide of an elderly woman without sufficient motivation. . . [Full Text]

 

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  1. The clinic in question has been the subject of other complaints concerning its operation. Euthanasia activists, on the other hand, have complained that pharmacists, for reasons of conscience, have refused to provide euthanasia drugs to a number of doctors working out of the facility.

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