Dutch doctor drugged patient’s coffee and asked family to hold her
The case was referred to the Regional Review Committee in the Netherlands It concluded that the female doctor had effectively acted in good faith The Netherlands introduced the euthanasia law 17 years ago A Dutch woman doctor who drugged an elderly woman and then asked her family to hold her down as she fought desperately not to be killed did not break the law, according to medical experts citing the country’s euthanasia legislation.
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The doctor secretly placed a soporific in her coffee to calm her, and then had started to give her a lethal injection.
Yet while injecting the woman she woke up, and fought the doctor. The paperwork showed that the only way the doctor could complete the injection was by getting family members to help restrain her. It also revealed that the patient said several times ‘I don’t want to die’ in the days before she was put to death, and that the doctor had not spoken to her about what was planned because she did not want to cause unnecessary extra distress. She also did not tell her about what was in her coffee as it was also likely to cause further disruptions to the planned euthanasia process.
Reminds me of Animal Farm where the the pigs send Boxer to the “vet” to be healed.
