Clinic says Dutch 17-year-old girl is left to die

Given the impact of this news, the De Levenseindekliniek clinic posted a statement on its website "to stop false information about his death", and he gave more details "according to the rules of confidentiality".

"We are going to refer to the statement made by Noa's friends: Noa Pothoven did not die of euthanasia.To stop her suffering, she stopped eating and drinking," said the official party from the institution.

He added that De Levenseindekliniek "deals exclusively with euthanasia and does so explicitly in the Dutch legal framework", where it has been legal since 2002.

Noa had asked for euthanasia to resort to euthanasia, but the request had not been accepted and she had decided to stay at home without eating or drinking.

"She decided to stop eating and drinking water, that is her decision.Nobody applied a measure that would lead her to death, according to the latest information. Therefore, it is not euthanasia, "said Isabel Pincemin to Telam. , president of the Argentine Association of Medicine and Palliative Care.

Pincemin added that "not to feed does not mean, in any case, euthanasia, which corresponds to the age of the girl, it is a personal decision and she can not be forced. to avoid suffering. "

In the same vein, palliative care physician Hernán Barreda said: "Euthanasia is a lethal dose of medicine."

"We do not do with bodies what lucid bodies do not want," said the professional, who acknowledged that "there is always gray in these cases, because the legality, lucidity and the Patient's autonomy come into play ".

And he made it clear that "one thing is euthanasia and another is to accompany a good death, in Argentina," he said, "we can not apply the 39; euthanasia ".

In the country, the law on patients' rights (26,529) does not include euthanasia, "but it takes into account the decision of the person not to follow certain treatments," said Pincemin.

"We usually think of death in the elderly, but we also have cases of palliative care for children and adolescents, there is no age," said the doctor.

Noa had written on her Instagram account, which is now in private mode: "I am exhausted after years of struggle and have stopped eating and drinking." After many discussions and badyzes about my situation, she decided to let me go because I had bad feelings. "

Dutch law allows this practice to minors between the ages of 16 and 18 with full knowledge of the facts or with prior directives if parents or guardians have been involved in the decision-making process, said Attorney General Attorney Daniela Ortiz Celoria of Rio Negro in his work. "Euthanasia" published in the Association of Criminal Thought.

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