Euthanasia is legal in Colombia, would it be possible here in the Philippines?

**Juan Martinez** · July 6th, 2015 01:21 PM

Right to die: Colombian man ends life with gov't approval

Inquirer.net, 06, 2015 10:51am

BOGOTA, Colombia --- Dr. Gustavo Quintana walks out of a modest, two-floor apartment building in southern Bogota. Inside his black doctor's bag are vials containing anesthesia and muscle relaxants, a syringe and a rubber tourniquet. The man known in Colombia as Dr. Death has just ended the life of his 234th patient: a middle-aged woman suffering from incurable stomach cancer.

For years, Quintana and a handful of other physicians have been performing what they consider mercy killings in a semi-clandestine state, at risk of prosecution and amid widespread rejection from other doctors and church officials.

But their work took a step out of the shadows on Friday when, after weeks of heated public debate and last-minute legal challenges, 79-year-old Ovidio Gonzalez became the first Colombian to die as a result of government-sanctioned euthanasia.

Gonzalez, 79, died at a hospital in the western city of Pereira after suffering from terminal mouth cancer the past five years. His death is the first in accordance with an April decree by the Health Ministry mandating that clinics perform the procedure when requested by terminally ill patients.

**NightRock** · July 6th, 2015 02:33 PM

surely Church will not agree

**vinj** · July 6th, 2015 02:52 PM

First thing that entered my mind was if it could be clannicide instead... and that the public can vote to have a certain family as a test case.

**Altis6453** · July 6th, 2015 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by vinj

First thing that entered my mind was if it could be clannicide instead... and that the public can vote to have a certain family as a test case.

I'd spend money for that, bro...lalo na kung yung pamilya eh mga naghahari-harian sa Makati.

**holdencaulfield** · July 6th, 2015 04:25 PM

yung isang boss sa company namin snagbaril nalang sa ulo dahil di na makayanan yung prostate cancer.

si dr. kevorkian pinaglaban niya yung right ng pasyenteng mamatay. sa tingin niya dami niyang natulungan.

**Juan Martinez** · July 8th, 2015 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by NightRock

surely Church will not agree

yes, the catholic church, for one, and several other churches, for another. they are vanguards of morality, and we can't exercise our own free will there because they know better.

**dreamur** · July 8th, 2015 08:43 AM

Laurel ex-wife tagged in 'mercy killing' seeks bail | ABS-CBN News

**Juan Martinez** · July 8th, 2015 10:42 AM

^ under our jurisdiction, this is murder, and murder, when the evidence of guilt is strong, is not bailable, but because of the relationships of the parties, we call the murder as parricide.

**dreamur** · July 8th, 2015 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Juan Martinez

^ under our jurisdiction, this is murder, and murder, when the evidence of guilt is strong, is not bailable, but because of the relationships of the parties, we call the murder as parricide.

Bro, that is why I never took life insurance on me or on my wife to eliminate the motive angle.

**CVT** · July 8th, 2015 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by dreamur

Bro, that is why I never took life insurance on me or on my wife to eliminate the motive angle.

Bro,- your company's (term) life insurance should be heavy on the executives.

And so, wifey should be aware that she is by default,- your main beneficiary....

"The measure of a man is what he does with power" LJIOHF!

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