The young Dutch woman was left for dead, they did not practice euthanasia

Noa Pothoven, the Dutch young woman who died this weekend in the Netherlands, "has not died of euthanasia" but "has stopped eating and drinking," reported today. clinic to which the 17-year-old had asked for this practice, which was refused by the medical center.

The young woman died last Sunday at her home in Arnhem, in the east of the country, and many media reported that she had been euthanized.

The case evolved into a young person suffering from anorexia, depression and post-traumatic stress due to badual violence and rape, a process he recounted in his "Win or Learn" autobiography, where he told his tragic story.

Given the impact of this news, the De Levenseindekliniek Clinic published a statement on its website "to stop misinformation (including foreign media) 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 drinking and drinking.According to her latest decision, no one applied a measure that would result in death, so it's not euthanasia," said Isabel. Pincemin, President of the Argentine Association of Medicine and Palliative Care. .

Pincemin added that "not eating does not mean, in any case, euthanasia.What impacts is the age of the girl.It was a personal decision and did not can be forced, what he may have – and apparently he has – is medical care 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 the good death." In Argentina, he said, we can not apply the same. 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.

"In general, we 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 wrote on his Instagram account, which is now in private mode: "I'm exhausted after years of struggle and I stopped eating and drinking.After many discussions and badyzes of my situation, he decided to to let go because my pain is unbearable. "

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.