A French quadriplegic in a vegetative state who had been the focus of a decade-l...
FILE PHOTO: People demonstrate in support of French quadriplegic Vincent Lambert, who has been in a deep vegetative state for more than a decade, in Paris, France, July 10, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
On July 2, medics switched off the feeding and hydration systems that had kept Vincent Lambert alive since a motorcycle accident in 2008. He died at 8:25 a.m. , the lawyers said. The fate of the 42-year-old former psychiatric nurse tore apart his family and sparked fierce nationwide debate over the right to die. Euthanasia is illegal in France, but the law allows doctors to put terminally ill patients into deep sedation until death.
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