The patient's doctor, Vincent Sanchez, is due to start switching off the support systems from Monday, according to Lambert's parents. They want care for Lambert to continue but other relatives concur with doctors that the humane path given Lambert's condition is to end life support. But early this year, a French court sided with Sanchez's decision to stop the care keeping Lambert, now aged 42, alive. The UN committee on disabled rights earlier this month asked France to suspend the decision to withdraw the life support, while it conducts its own investigation, which could take years. He said that there were 1,500 patients in a similar position to Vincent Lambert in France.

Source: Bangkok Post May 20, 2019 05:15 UTC