A severely disabled French man, who has been artificially fed and hydrated in a hospital in northeastern France for over 10 years, was taken off life support Monday, hours before the hospital was ordered by a French court to return the support.
A French court had ruled in favor of euthanizing Vincent Lambert earlier this month.
Doctors in a hospital in Reims had removed Lambert’s feeding and hydration tubes early on May 20, and were beginning to administer sedatives, when a challenge passed the Paris appeals court and the hospital was ordered to delay ending life support.
