Parkinson’s sufferer put in psych ward over plans to take his life

A former high-flying marketing executive living with Parkinson’s disease has told how he was committed to a psychiatric hospital for trying to plan his own death.

Cartan Finegan, 86, says it is time for a full debate about assisted suicide but he says the medical profession is “scared stiff” of controversy over the issue.

He urges the Government to tackle the subject and says as a first step, they should schedule Dáil debate time on the Dying With Dignity Bill.