Euthanasia: the death of a survivor of the Brussels attacks “in mental suffering” questions – Sud Ouest

Unbearable mental suffering Shanti De Corte, then 16 years old, was not physically injured. But she never recovered from the trauma, chaining since hospitalizations in psychiatry. “I take up to eleven antidepressants a day, I couldn’t live without them,” she wrote on her Facebook account. I feel like a ghost who no longer feels anything. His condition worsens. She tries to kill herself in 2020, swallows more and more drugs, then contacts Leif, a Belgian end-of-life information forum. At least two psychiatrists initially refused his request for euthanasia. Before reconsidering their decision, considering that his psychological suffering has become unbearable. Shanti De Corte died on May 7, 2022, aged 23, surrounded by her family. And in compliance with the law of 2002, according to the Federal Commission for the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia, responsible for controlling a posteriori the legality of the acts performed. A revived debate