Doctors who diagnosed woman as autistic so she could die by lethal injection face jail after family says she was only suffering from a 'broken heart'
Three doctors are scheduled to go on trial in Belgium after they certified a woman as being autistic so that she could be euthanized. Tine Nys' sisters told investigators that their sister was suffering from a broken heart that came after a failed relationship. They also told the detectives that she falsely claimed to be autistic to two doctors and one psychiatrist. Nys had told the three of them that her suffering was "unbearable and incurable" just so that she would be able to qualify for euthanasia under Belgian laws.
The Daily Mail reported that Nys was given the lethal injection in April 2010 at the age of 38. This happened just two months after she was diagnosed with autism. Her sisters and parents were by her bedside when she took her last breaths. Activists all across the UK have said that the case highlights the dangers of introducing euthanasia in the country.