Tel Aviv court accepts terminally ill patient’s request to be disconnected from life support

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'Death with dignity’ OK’d

Tel Aviv court accepts terminally ill patient’s request to be disconnected from life support
By Vered Luvitch

TEL AVIV - A 59-year-old terminally ill patient should be allowed to disconnect from life support machines, the Tel Aviv District Court ruled Monday morning.

Yael Hirschorn has been suffering from Muscular Dystrophy for the past eight years. The illness has forced her to remain in bed and connected to a respiration machine at all times. Meanwhile, her only way to communicate with those around her is through the use of her eyelids.


Hirschorn’s daughter petitioned the court and asked that her mother not be reconnected to the respiration machine once it is disconnected for regular cleaning.

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