[acb-hsp] [acb-l] sad sad story

[Donna Rose]

Oh, this news really helps our image!  These poor men.  What were people
thinking?  Don't they have counseling and rehab in Belgiam?  Geez.



Go Bravely,
Donna Rose, LMSW


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peter altschul
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 9:39 PM
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Subject: [acb-hsp] [acb-l] sad sad story

Twins allowed to commit suicide

Published: 12/01/2013 at 03:56 PM

BRUSSELS - Identical twins were allowed to take their lives together after
their dwindling eyesight became an unbearable burden, a Belgian newspaper
has reported.

The men died on Dec 14, Het Laatste Nieuws reported, in the first case in
the world of twins using the legal right to euthanasia.

The 45-year-old men, who were born deaf, had spent their entire lives
together, the newspaper reported.  They grew up in the same room, both
qualified as shoemakers and later moved into the same apartment in Putte, 30
kilometres northeast of Brussels.

But their dwindling eyesight meant that within a few years they would lose
their only means of communication.  They found the prospect of only being
able to touch one another intolerable, the newspaper wrote.

Belgian law permits euthanasia if the wish is expressed by the patient and
doctors detect an unbearable degree of suffering.

The brothers had no terminal illness or physical pain, but the doctors at
the UZ hospital in Brussels agreed to their request.

From
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/330499/twins-allowed-to-c
ommit-suicide



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