Since last November, the family of 84-year Samuel Golubchuck, an Orthodox Jew, has been battling with Canadian doctors over whether Golubchuck should be kept on life support. Doctors want to take him off of life support, but the family says this contradicts their religious beliefs that forbid the hastening of death. In February, a judge ruled that Golubchuck must be kept on life support in a Winnipeg hospital until the case goes to trial. (CTV, Feb. 13). Yesterday, according to CTV, doctors Bojan Paunovic and David Easton became the second and third to refuse continue to work in Grace Hospital's critical care unit in order to avoid what they consider the cruelty involved in keeping Golubchuk alive.
UPDATE: 84-year old Samuel Golubchuk died at Winnipeg's Grace Hospital on June 24, still on life support, before his case went to trial. (CTV.ca).
