The main doctor treating Vincent Lambert informed his family that he intends to start removing his feeding tubes in line with a French court ruling.
RIGHT-TO-DIE CASE. Viviane Lambert , Vincent Lambert's mother, who is in a vegetative state since 2008, addresses the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on July 1, 2019. Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
The doctor urged family members to ensure that"support to Mr Vincent Lambert is as peaceful, intimate and personal as possible." His wife Rachel, who is his legal guardian under French law, has maintained that Lambert had made clear before the accident that he would not want to be kept alive artificially, though this was never put in writing.
The last attempt to remove his tubes was made in May this year, but was then overturned by a Paris appeals court. Having seen their efforts rejected by France's highest courts and the European Court of Human Rights, lawyers for Lambert's parents are now threatening to press"murder" charges if his life support is halted.
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