Swiss man comes to England to Die!
T tragic tale indeed....
A Swiss man paralysed five years ago in a skiing accident has chosen to end his life early in the UK after shunning the local suicide clinic a few minutes drive from his home. ‘I want to end my life,’ said Max Friedland today, ‘but I don’t want to actually commit suicide. Which is why I have chosen a routine minor operation in an NHS hospital.’
Friedland, has an appointment in February at a London hospital for the removal of a benign mole on his back. ‘I am hoping that this short overnight stay coupled with the surgery will be enough for me to contract one of the many viruses present in NHS hospitals, C Diff, Norovirus, MRSA, I don’t mind as long as death is quick and relatively pain free.’
Asked whether he approved of the plan, health secretary Alan Johnson said, ‘To be able to welcome people from abroad who have specifically chosen the NHS for their procedures just shows how far we have come in recent years. It’s nice to see someone making a positive choice to use the NHS for once.’
Mr Friedland’s family are supporting his decision to end his life by staying in an English hospital; ‘It would be easy for him to make the short journey to Dignitas and to drink a lethal cocktail of chemicals, but he wants to end his life ended without intervention.’ said his wife, ‘We understand that if the superbug viruses don’t get him, then it is highly likely that some poor exhausted doctor will deliver a fatal incorrect dose of medicine to him, which is a nice safety net to have.’
Mr Friedland had originally been planning to end his life next summer but asked for his suicidal visit to England could be brought forward. ‘I was getting fed up with all those calls from Radio 4’s ‘The Moral Maze’. If anything made me want to end my life more quickly it was the prospect of talking to Michael Buerk about complex ethical dilemmas of our time,’
as opposed to that other S word ;o)
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If you want some REALLY whacky stories ;o)
In the other note; I believe Britexpat, lately does belongs to an elite English group of classical 'spoofers.' They are Always full of it.
I don't know what you mean!
hahahahaha
as does the rest of the bloody world!
Once again , Europeans utlize the services of the NHS
Perhaps this is a new business that we can profit from
based on my own experience of long illnesses/treatments/visits, NHS is not that bad..
maybe its irrelevant to the thread but i think wanting to end life is the height of despair. reminds me of the reasonsing Durkheim has given for committing suicide and makes me wonder how can your own family support such a decision
This is a joke, right lol???
since when is death by MRSA infection quick and pain free? isn't that the bacteria that gives you big painful boils and high fever?!