A survivor of the terror attack at Brussels airport in 2016 chose euthanasia after six years of psychological pain. Shanti De Corte, 23, was diagnosed with severe depression and suffered from constant bouts of panic attacks.
More than 30 people were killed and more than 300 injured in the terrorist attack on Brussels airport. Shanti was in the airport departures hall with her schoolmates when the first bomb went off, before leaving for Italy.
Two more explosions were detonated. At the time, 17-year-old Shanti managed to escape from the scene unharmed.
He went to a psychiatric hospital for rehabilitation, and also took antidepressants. In an interview with Belgian channel VRT, Shanti’s mother, Marielle, said she had attempted suicide twice in 2018 and 2020.
In early 2022, Shanti opts for euthanasia claim “unbearable psychiatric pain”. HE The procedure is legal in Belgium.
“She really broke him that day, he never felt safe after that,” Marielle said. “He didn’t want to go anywhere because other people were afraid. He also had frequent panic attacks and never recovered from it.”
Died on May 7 after assessment psychiatric.
Shanti has spoken openly about mental health on social media. In a post quoted by The Mirror newspaper, he wrote: “I take up to 11 antidepressants a day. I can’t live without it. With all the pills I’ve taken, I feel like a ghost who no longer feels anything.” “
“Maybe there were other solutions besides drugs,” he added.
Belgium authorizes euthanasia to persons who are “in a medically incapacitated state, suffering from incurable, persistent and unbearable physical or mental suffering resulting from a serious and incurable condition resulting from illness or accident”.
source: Noticias
