Image: Shutterstock/sfam_photo Image: Shutterstock/sfam_photo FRENCH DOCTORS HAVE begun switching off the life support of a quadriplegic man who has been in a vegetative state for the last decade, in a hugely controversial case that has divided France.
The parents’ legal team had vowed yesterday to launch multiple legal challenges in a last-ditch bid to stop the systems being switched off.Vincent Sanchez, the doctor treating Lambert who has been the target of the parents’ anger, said in a message to the family that the “halting of treatments” and “profound and continued sedation” had been initiated.
In 2014, doctors, backed by Lambert’s wife and other family members, decided to stop his nutrition and hydration in line with France’s passive euthanasia law. The UN committee on disabled rights earlier this month asked France to suspend the decision to withdraw the life support, while it conducts its own investigation, which could take years.
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