End of life in France: Macron called on to authorize deep sedation to a sick Dijon resident

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Alain Cocq, 57, asks Emmanuel Macron for deep sedation. RFI / Maud Charlet

Text by: Maud Charlet

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A little over a year after the death of Vincent Lambert, this man plunged into a vegetative state for 11 years because of an accident, a 57-year-old from Dijon, relaunches the debate on the end of life in France. This Tuesday afternoon, Alain Cocq, suffering from a rare disease, will officially ask Emmanuel Macron for the right to deep sedation, for him and for those who cannot speak. A telephone interview with associations for the defense of people with disabilities and the general manager of the care offer, Anne-Marie Armanteras de Saxce is planned.

  • France
  • Emmanuel Macron
  • Health and medicine