Alex Schadenberg blog 29 May 2014
The Belgian euthanasia reports indicate that the number of reported euthanasia deaths continue to grow at a faster rate. In Belgium, there were 1133 reported euthanasia deaths in 2011 and 954 reported euthanasia deaths in 2010.
At the same time Belgium has recently extended euthanasia to children. The child euthanasia bill was passed after protests against the bill were held in Brussels and 160 Belgian Paediatricians denounced the child euthanasia bill.
Studies concerning the Belgian euthanasia law that were published in 2010, from the Flanders region of Belgium found that: 32% of all assisted deaths were done without request, 47% of all assisted deaths went unreported, nurses were euthanizing patients even though the Belgian euthanasia law prohibits nurses from doing euthanasia. There has never been an attempted prosecution for abuses of the Belgian euthanasia law.In Canada, the Québec government should be very concerned about the practice of euthanasia in Belgium since they have basedeuthanasia Bill 52 on the Belgian euthanasia law.
In January, the Belgian media reported that a euthanasia doctor admitted to not reporting his euthanasia deaths. The article confirms that many euthanasia deaths in Belgium are not reported and the actual number of euthanasia deaths is much higher than 1816.
http://blog.noeuthanasia.org.au/2014/05/belgian-euthanasia-deaths-increase-by.html?m=1
http://blog.noeuthanasia.org.au/2014/05/belgian-euthanasia-deaths-increase-by.html?m=1