Suicide a 'marvellous possibility'

April 02, 2009
Ruth Gledhill's blog

Ludwig Minelli, head of Dignitas, the assisted dying clinic in Switzerland, believes suicide is a 'marvellous possibility' and that the mentally ill should not be dissuaded from killing themselves. It would save the NHS such a lot of money if they succeeded, he told BBC Radio 4. This man has helped more than 40 Britons to kill themselves. Now that the dark, ugly underbelly of his agenda has been exposed, let's pray that the only suicide he has assisted this time is of the campaign to legalise euthanasia. Read on for the full interview on Today, transcribed for me by City journalism student David Christopher.

Without going into too much personal detail, if Minelli's will was law and had been for the last 50 years, I would have grown up deprived of significant family members and some of my oldest friends would also be dead. Many of these people did indeed cost the NHS a lot of money before going on to live happy and joyous lives, even if they were medicated lives in some cases.

Equally, no amount of money could ever compensate for the loss of those dearly-loved friends and family members whose lives were not saved, whose suicide attempts succeeded. Is he seriously saying we should treat someone with a broken leg but not someone who is mentally ill? This man should, in my view, be in prison. the rest

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