Should Singapore allow euthanasia? Jamie Ee Wen Wei speaks to doctors who work with the terminally ill, and they all tell her: 'No'
Say you are dying of an illness and your doctor pronounces that you have no more than three months to live. Worried that your last days will be racked with unbearable pain, you ask to die.
Two doctors certify that you are of sound mind and have made the request voluntarily. They administer you with a drug overdose. Several minutes later, you are dead.
Two weeks ago, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan raised the issue of whether euthanasia should be allowed in Singapore.
He had posed this question after reading about a debate on the topic that raged in the Chinese press.
One man even sent the minister a letter, written in red ink, asking that euthanasia be made legal.
