The former South
African president, Nelson Mandela has been in a life support machine for the
most of nearly one month he was admitted in a hospital.
The former president, who turns 95
later this month, was rushed to hospital on June 8 with a recurring lung
infection.
Nelson Mandela
However, doctors treating him have
disclosed that he was in a “permanent vegetative state” and advised his family
to turn off his life support machine.
“He is in a permanent vegetative
state and is assisted in breathing by a life support machine,” said a court
filing dated June 26 and obtained by AFP Thursday.
“Rather than prolonging his
suffering, the Mandela family is exploring this option as a very real
probability,” read a filing from the family’s lawyer, relating to a dispute
over the final resting place of Mandela’s three children.
However, this piece of advice by the
doctors are generating mixed reactions. While some agree with the medical
experts, others insist that the life support machine should not be removed
until the ailing icon shows enough improvement. What do you think? Should the
machine be switched off?
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