Euthanasia will be applied to French Lambert, in a vegetative state for 10 years | Chronic

The French doctor Vincent Lambert, quadraplegic in vegetative state for more than ten years, become the symbol of the debate on euthanasia, announced to the family that he would stop his treatment in two weeks to let him die.

Lambert, a 42-year-old psychiatric nurse by profession, suffered a traumatic brain injury that made him quadriplegic and totally dependent, following a grim road in 2008. In 2011, doctors ruled out any possibility improvement and in 2014 vegetative

The lawyers for Lambert's parents, Jean Paillot and Jerome Triumph, faithful supporters of their right to life, have indicated that the doctor Sanchez The hospital in Reims has announced its intention to execute the decision to disconnect Lambert.

The interruption of treatment, authorized in April by the State Council – the highest court of administrative justice – and approved by the European Court of Human Rights, would take place, according to this source, in the week of the 20th of this month, according to the agency. EFE.

The lawyers pointed out that "If this decision were executed, Lambert would die in a few days" and invoked the request made five days ago to France by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the UN to suspend any decision until the case is fully examined.

For its part, the French government, which had declared that it would respond to the international organization, understood that the legal course of the case was exhausted, after the response given by the Board of 39; ;State.
For lawyers, "There is no medical emergency to interrupt Lambert's diet and hydration and there is no justification for such a blatant violation of international law and the precautionary measures required by the UN.".

In the patient's own family, the parents, the sister and a half-brother are in favor of his artificial maintenance, while his wife, his five brothers and sisters and a nephew oppose the extension of their treatment.