German Doctor Jailed for Murder of 15 Patients

Shades of the UK's Harold Shipman.

55 minutes ago, nexus7 said:

Shades of the UK's Harold Shipman.

Even shadier echoes of Dr Mengele....

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Perhaps the doctor overlooked the fact that he did not live in the 3rd Reich and that euthanasia was no longer the task of fanatical Nazi doctors since the end of this dark time.
Doctors should preserve life, not destroy it.
Unfortunately, one life imprisonment does not outweigh the 15 victims, but it is at least the highest possible punishment.

15 minutes ago, BerndD said:

Perhaps the doctor overlooked the fact that he did not live in the 3rd Reich and that euthanasia was no longer the task of fanatical Nazi doctors since the end of this dark time.
Doctors should preserve life, not destroy it.
Unfortunately, one life imprisonment does not outweigh the 15 victims, but it is at least the highest possible punishment.

As long as he's not out on parole. I didn't hear anything about him being sentenced to special detention for public protection. If not, he's up for parole after 15 years (probably won't get it though, few do at that stage).

DER SPIEGEL

Das Landgericht Berlin hat einen Palliativarzt wegen 15-fachen Mordes von Patienten zur Höchststrafe verurteilt. Es verhängte gegen den 41-Jährigen eine lebenslange Freiheitsstrafe und stellte die besondere Schwere der Schuld fest. Zudem wurde eine Sicherungsverwahrung nach der Haftstrafe angeordnet und ein lebenslanges Berufsverbot verhängt.

Translation:

The Berlin regional court has sentenced a palliative care doctor to the maximum sentence for 15 murders of patients. It imposed a life sentence on the 41-year-old and noted the particular gravity of the guilt. In addition, preventive detention was ordered after the prison sentence and a lifelong professional ban was imposed.

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I guess we can never know, but he might have had the best intentions at heart.

That some people have to suffer towards the end of their lives in this day and age is criminal.

My father died screaming for a knife to end his pain.

My Mother was a Staff Nurse at a hospital in my home town, and would tell us how she had administered 'Brompton's Cocktail' to help very sick people on their way to Heaven.

It contained Morphine, Cocaine, Gin, Honey, Chloroform. What a way to go.

4 hours ago, nexus7 said:

Shades of the UK's Harold Shipman.

But Shipman was doing it for his own financial benefit in many cases getting the patient, usually old ladies, to change their wills leaving all to him.

That was what got him caught.

18 hours ago, webfact said:

the court heard that none were believed to be close to death at the time they were killed.

Seems strange that they were receiving palliative care if none were close to death.

7 minutes ago, loong said:

Seems strange that they were receiving palliative care if none were close to death.

Surely the 94 yr old was not too far off.

1 hour ago, emptypockets said:

My friend died an hour or so after the doctors visit. No doubt the doctor helped him along, possibly a little more morphine than needed to take the pain away. I suspect this happens a lot more often to those in their final hours than most people would think. Personally I don't have an issue with it.

They did that to King George V in 1936 around 11PM so that his death would be

published in the Times and not the Evening papers had he lived on naturally until about 8AM.

2 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

They did that to King George V in 1936 around 11PM so that his death would be

published in the Times and not the Evening papers had he lived on naturally until about 8AM.

Saw that on QI with Stephen Fry.

I suspect a similar thing happened to Joe Biden, died but refused to lay down.

At the risk of making light of a tragedy and a serious discussion about euthanasia, the final words of the article i.e. " ...(the court) imposed a lifetime ban on practising medicine" brought a smile to my face.

As if, there were any other alternatives🤷😁

German Doctor Jailed for Murder of 15 Patients

Just like grandpa used to do?

Brought a friend 10 strips of 0.5mg Alprazolam tabs flying back through India. Where I buy my own meds. He said he was having trouble sleeping.

Heard a couple of weeks later that he had mixed them into a bottle of rum and checked out. Uncontrolled diabetes and he had run out of money.

I am a firm believer in euthanasia. Although arson is little out there, I think he must have had good intentions for his patients' suffering. That some were not 'close to death' does not minimise suffering.

This is not uncommon in countries not enlightened enough to enact right-to die laws. Just most don't get caught.