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Comatose South Korean taken off life support
The Associated Press , Seoul | Tue, 06/23/2009 9:04 AM | World
A Seoul hospital says it has removed life support from a comatose patient following a landmark right-to-die court ruling.A Severance Hospital official said Tuesday that doctors took the 76-year-old patient off her respirator in the first such case following last month's court ruling. The official spoke on condition of anonymity saying he was not authorized to speak on the record.
The Supreme Court ruled last month that continuing medical treatment on patients with no chance of revival can "tarnish people's dignity."
Her family had filed a lawsuit after doctors refused to end her life. Her children claim their mother had always opposed keeping people alive on machines when there was no chance of revival.
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