Netherlands: Euthanasia increases

Luke Randall  |  World
Date posted:  9 May 2025
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Netherlands: Euthanasia increases

Amsterdam. Source: Flickr

The number of deaths by euthanasia in the Netherlands rose by 10% last year.

The country's regional euthanasia review committees found that the vast majority of the 9,958 people to have been euthanised in 2024 had advanced physical illnesses, but doctors have been urged to take great care when dealing with psychiatrically unwell patients.

The Guardian reports that the number of people who died by euthanasia increased by nearly 1,000 between 2023 and 2024 and, perhaps most startlingly, the number who were killed due to psychiatric illness rose from just two in 2010 to 219 last year.

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