French man taken off life support, put back on after eleventh-hour court ruling

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Hours after they began the process of allowing him to die, French doctors were ordered to restore the life support of a man in a vegetative state whose controversial case has divided his family and the public:

Vincent Lambert, 42, sustained severe brain damage in a car accident in 2008 and has been on life support at Sebastopol Hospital in Reims, northeast France, where medical experts have determined that his situation is irreversible. But for more than five years, legal battles have raged between his family members over whether he should be kept alive, igniting a watershed debate in the country and drawing in international bodies, the French President and even the Pope.

"We hope, therefore, that efficient measures to safeguard the life of Mr Lambert be found," they added.But others condemned the appeals court for a decision that, they argued, would needlessly extend Lambert's poor quality of life rather than allowing him to die humanely and providing his relatives with closure.

 

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Religion. Yea religion. Make more people suffer. When will we evolve past this bullshit of fairy tails and wishes in the sky?

If Donald Trumpe was on that Life support machine i would just unplug it and charge my phone. Not that i hate him, i just dont like low battery 🔋 😂😂

Was anyone thinking of what they were subjecting him to when they had him on the brink of death just to suddenly reverse it? I find that to be a selfish move. No one alive would prefer to remain in a vegetative state for the rest of their days so someone else can feel content.

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