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Subject: Re: Death in Holland
Date: 26 Mar 1995 18:12:16 GMT
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d > From:  (David Stodolsky)
d > Subject: SCI.CRYONICS: Re: Death in Holland
d > Date: Sat, 25 Mar 95 20:43:59 +0100 (CET)
d > 
d >  (Ian Taylor) writes:
d > > Big news last week in Europe. The first televised voluntary death (or
d > > killing if you prefer) of a 65(?) years old man suffering from a
d > > terminal illness. His death was by lethal injection performed by a
d > > doctor in Holland. If my facts are wrong please correct them.
d > 
d > This must have been a rerun. I saw this months ago, when it triggered
d > some debate in Denmark. This has been going on for some time, even
d > before the recent change in the law in The Netherlands. Also a Humanist
d > group in that country has been running a "suicide hotel", where people
d > who are determined to take their own life can get counselling, and
d > it they can't be dissuaded, given drugs which reliably terminate bodily
d > functions.

That Dutch show (oops!) in question televised a recent case of euthanasia in 
Holland and I seriously doubt that this docu was the one that was broadcast 
in Denmark. In addition, if you are referring to a sort 'suicide hotel' in 
HOLLAND (and not in Denmark): to my knowledge, such a 'hotel' simply doesn't 
exist in my country; I've really never heard of such a truly remarkable 
enterprise.

But it's certainly true that if you really want terminate your life, it won't
be a big problem to find legal and medical assistence in Holland.

Dick Nierop (Amsterdam, Holland)

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