Euthanasia taking place in hospitals, claims expert

THE controversial pro-euthanasia expert who was recently forced to abandon a lecture in Cork has claimed the contentious practice of assisted-death is already taking place in Irish hospitals.

Regulations here governing the withdrawal of life-saving equipment or care in hospitals were extraordinarily “ambiguous”, said Professor Len Doyal yesterday.

Doctors in Ireland, he said, were routinely taking decisions to withdraw ventilators or medicines for brain damaged patients.