The Xunta transferred to the Prosecutor’s Office the case of euthanasia of the woman whose mother requested to be paralyzed

The Minister of Health of Xunta de Galicia, Julio García Comesaña, confirmed that the case of euthanasia of María Belén, the woman from Santiago de Compostela whose mother was requested by the court, was sent to the Prosecutor’s Office, through the entity Abogados Christians. , let the process be paralyzed.

The euthanasia was scheduled for this Thursday, but, in the end, it did not happen, because the health professionals could not access the house, because the woman’s mother, who is 54 years old and suffers from multiple sclerosis, did not open the door.

He requested that euthanasia be performed on him, and the Commission for the Guarantee and Evaluation of Euthanasia of Galicia that evaluated him maintained, among other issues, that he was suffering from unbearable pain, something denied by the mother, who believes that it does not exist. conformity to reality. , as Christian Lawyers explains. The parent, María del Carmen, acts on behalf of her daughter María Belén, through a general power of attorney, because she actually shows a physical and mental incapacity to use her legal rights and obligations.

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“We must respect the will of the patient, also the work of health professionals and be sensitive to the opinion of the family member,” declared Comesaña, according to Ep. However, he also indicated that in Galicia the euthanasia law is “followed to the letter” and that this case “follows all the guarantees established by law,” he explained in reference to the advice of the health staff and the “view. “evaluation of a commission.

Unable to enter the house to take the woman to the hospital, Comesaña explained that the Xunta brought the case to the attention of the Prosecutor’s Office “so that the judges can make the appropriate decision.”