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Mobile death squads to kill sick and elderly in their own homes leads to surge in suicide rates in the Netherlands
Around 3 per cent of all deaths in the Netherlands are now by euthanasia
The country last year introduced mobile euthanasia units
In 2002 it became the first country since Nazi Germany to legalise it
One in 30 deaths in Holland are now from euthanasia, it has been revealed.
It comes after the Dutch government allowed mobile death squads to kill sick and elderly people in their own homes.
Official figures released yesterday, showed that euthanasia deaths soared by 13 per cent in 2012 compared to the previous year.
There were 4,188 deaths by euthanasia last year – accounting for three per cent of all deaths - compared to 3,695 deaths by euthanasia in 2011.
It marks the sixth consecutive year that deaths by euthanasia have increased in the Netherlands.
The government has said that the reasons for the increase in euthanasia deaths cannot be determined with certainty.
Leading theories include a growing awareness and acceptance of the practice among both Dutch doctors and patients.
In March last year, however, Holland launched the world’s first mobile death squads to be dispatched in cases when family doctors refused to administer lethal drugs on ‘ethical’ grounds.
The six units, comprising of at least a doctors and a nurse, were expected to send the number of euthanasia cases in Holland rocketing, with pro-euthanasia campaigners saying they would end the lives of an additional 1,000 ‘borderline’ patients a year.
Anti-euthanasia activists in Britain said yesterday the year-on-year increases in euthanasia death proved argument that euthanasia was a ‘slippery slope’.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-choosing-end-lives-cancer.html#ixzz2frEPRheF
Mobile death squads to kill sick and elderly in their own homes leads to surge in suicide rates in the Netherlands
Around 3 per cent of all deaths in the Netherlands are now by euthanasia
The country last year introduced mobile euthanasia units
In 2002 it became the first country since Nazi Germany to legalise it
One in 30 deaths in Holland are now from euthanasia, it has been revealed.
It comes after the Dutch government allowed mobile death squads to kill sick and elderly people in their own homes.
Official figures released yesterday, showed that euthanasia deaths soared by 13 per cent in 2012 compared to the previous year.
There were 4,188 deaths by euthanasia last year – accounting for three per cent of all deaths - compared to 3,695 deaths by euthanasia in 2011.
It marks the sixth consecutive year that deaths by euthanasia have increased in the Netherlands.
The government has said that the reasons for the increase in euthanasia deaths cannot be determined with certainty.
Leading theories include a growing awareness and acceptance of the practice among both Dutch doctors and patients.
In March last year, however, Holland launched the world’s first mobile death squads to be dispatched in cases when family doctors refused to administer lethal drugs on ‘ethical’ grounds.
The six units, comprising of at least a doctors and a nurse, were expected to send the number of euthanasia cases in Holland rocketing, with pro-euthanasia campaigners saying they would end the lives of an additional 1,000 ‘borderline’ patients a year.
Anti-euthanasia activists in Britain said yesterday the year-on-year increases in euthanasia death proved argument that euthanasia was a ‘slippery slope’.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-choosing-end-lives-cancer.html#ixzz2frEPRheF