The Netherlands Will Prosecute First Case Against Doctor For Breach Of Euthanasia Law
(WorldNews Netherlands)

A doctor who drugged a 74-year-old woman`s drink with a sedative before administrating a lethal drug while her family members held her down will become the first health care worker to be prosecuted for breaking euthanasia laws in The Netherlands, according to Dutch News. A public prosecutor in The Hague released a statement which said the doctor was unable to unambiguously conclude the patient wanted to die. The case is the first prosecution since Dutch laws on euthanasia were crafted in 2002 to allow a doctor to euthanize a patient if they were experiencing unbearable suffering and were making an informed decision to die. The patient in the case was in a nursing home and suffered from...