Illustration of lethal injection (Independent.com.mt)

 

Brussels - A couple in Belgium, Francis (89) and Anne (86) reportedly wants euthanasia or lethal injection to be passed along. In the age of the elderly, both worry if one of them dies first. So they chose to "take life" itself.

If nothing goes wrong, Francis and Anne will perform euthanasia or lethal injection on February 3, 2015, to coincide with the day of their wedding anniversary 64th.

"We want to 'go' together, because we were worried about each other left," said Francis, quoted from Dailymail, Saturday (27/09/2014). "We do not want to be lonely when one of us dies."

Furthermore Francis revealed he and his wife, Anne prefers euthanasia, because it does not dare to commit suicide. "It takes guts to jump from the 20th floor or hang themselves., But with euthanasia, we will slowly fall asleep forever."

As old age, health condition Francis (89) and Anne (86) had gone bad. Francis has suffered from prostate for 20 years and have to take medicine every day type of morphine. While Anne one eye blind and blind threatened the other eye as well.

Every day, Francis and Anne always spend time together. The couple did not want to just sit at home. Sometimes they are shopping to the supermarket together. Both do not want to 'missed' when one of their last breath. The couple also refused to join the nursing home. They wanted to take care of each other until death came.

The couple's three children were living in Brussels it also supports the wishes of the parents. The child was admitted not bear to see their parents if one of her parents first met his end.

To that end, the third child willing to drive around town to look for euthanasia specialists and hospitals that would meet the demands of their parents. And in the end one of the sons Francis and Anne, John (55) managed to find doctors and hospitals in Flanders were willing diving euthanasia to parents.

Flanders is a region in the Belgian population speaks Dutch. As many as 82 percent of euthanasia cases in the country carried out in Flanders.

Euthanasia or lethal injection has been legalized in Belgium since 2012 ago. Since then, the practice of euthanasia rife in the country. Reportedly, there are an average of 5 people per day who perform lethal injection.

As did a pair of 45-year-old twins, Marc and Eddy Verbessem, who is deaf. They chose euthanasia after knowing immediately blindness.