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A Belgian doctor has furiously denied that his country acts as a “euthanasia dispenser” for the rest of Europe after a French YouTube star said she was heading there for assisted suicide.
Dr. Yves de Locht — a Brussels physician who has been practicing euthanasia for more than a decade — made the claim in an interview with Le Parisien, which was translated by the Telegraph on Monday.
“One can euthanize young people, but specialists must certify that the disease is incurable,” de Locht declared, refuting allegations Belgium is a “death ward.”
Euthanasia has been legal in Belgium for nearly two decades, but a patient must be in “constant and unbearable physical or mental suffering that cannot be alleviated.” About 2,500 people are euthanized there every year.
The YouTube star — a 23-year-old woman known as “Olympe” to her 256,000 subscribers — recently raised eyebrows when she claimed Belgian medics will be assisting with her suicide later this year.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/01/25/youtubers-assisted-suicide-claims-put-spotlight-on-belgium-death-ward/
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