euthanasia

euthanasia

A man walks inside the premises of the Supreme Court in New Delhi, India, on 17 July 2018. File Photo: Reuters

In a first, India's Supreme Court allows withdrawal of life support to man in coma for over 12 years

Passive euthanasia is the intentional act of letting a patient die by withholding or withdrawing life support or the treatment necessary to keep them alive.

Victor Escobar, 60, who suffered from an end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and became the first person in Colombia to undergo euthanasia for a non-terminal disease, sits on the sofa in his home in Cali, Colombia October 19, 2021. Picture taken October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Edwin Rodriguez Pipicano

First Colombian with non-terminal illness dies legally by euthanasia