Eluana Englaro dies at hospital in Italy
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Eluana Englaro
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Rome, Feb 9, 2009 / 04:20 pm
(<http://www.catholicnewsagency.com>CNA).- The 38 year-old Italian
woman who was in a coma and whose father had waged a battle in the
courts to disconnect her feeding tube and euthanize her died today at
8:10 p.m. local time.
Four days after her food and water were withdrawn, amidst a divisive
debate throughout the country over the passage of a law that could
have saved her, Eluana Englaro died at the La Quiete Hospital in Udine.
According to La Repubblica, upon learning of the news via telephone
of his daughter's death, Beppino Englaro said, "Yes, she has left us.
But I don't want to say anything else, I want to be alone." Mr.
Englaro led the fight to have her daughter's feeding tube
disconnected and bring about her death. He also had taken Eluana to
the hospital in Udine where her food and hydration were withdrawn.
The director of the La Quiete Hospital, Ines Domenicali, confirmed
that Eluana had died. "She's dead. I don't know what time it was,
don't ask me any more questions." Outside the hospital where she was
taken after being removed from the care of a group of the Sisters of
Mercy in Lecco, some 200 people had gathered to pray for Eluana.
Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, the President of the Pontifical
Council of Health Care, reacted to the news of Eluana's death,
praying, "May the Lord welcome her and forgive those who led her
there (to her death)."
The Vatican prelate also emphasized that "it must be seen under what
circumstances the death occurred, whether it was because of the
suspension of food and hydration, or by various causes."
The case drew requests from dozens of leaders to save the Italian
woman, while promoters of euthanasia were hoping her case could
become a precedent for the legalization of euthanasia in
Italy. Polls showed 70% of Italians favored euthanizing her.
Intense coverage of the case by Vatican watcher Sandro Magister and
the Italian bishops' daily L'Avvenire moved public opinion against
disconnecting her feeding tubes, with the daily Corriere della Sera
reporting on Monday that support for such a decision had dropped to 50%.
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