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| By: israelinsider staff and partners |
| Published: May 9, 2005 |
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A 59-year-old terminally ill patient should be allowed to disconnect from life support machines, the Tel Aviv District Court ruled Monday morning.
Yael Hirschorn has been suffering from muscular dystrophy for the past eight years. The illness has forced her to remain in bed and connected to a respiration machine at all times. Meanwhile, her only way to communicate with those around her is through the use of her eyelids.
Hirschorn's daughter petitioned the court and asked that her mother not be reconnected to the respiration machine once it is disconnected for regular cleaning.
District Court Judge Uri Goren accepted the request. "We are talking about a terminal illness which grows worse on occasion, and has now reached its final stages," the judge wrote in his decision. "The court reached the conclusion to accede to the request."
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'Death with dignity' OK'd
- (Ynetnews.com)
05.9.2005
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