The race between Democrat David Gill, Republican Rodney Davis and independent John Hartman in Illinoisâ 13th congressional district is among a handful of red hot contests under way in downstate Illinois.....
Hereâs what Gill said about physician-assisted suicide back in 1997.
âI donât think people should have to put up with the amount of suffering the state says they have to. A lot of physicians feel disgruntled, ashamed and disgusted in their inability to assist patients,â Gill said in an article in The (Bloomington) Pantagraph.
He added that physician-assisted suicides already occur.
For example, Gill said some doctors will keep increasing a patientâs dosage of pain-relieving morphine, fully aware that respirations will eventually stop.
âIt goes on everyday,â he said at the time.
It wasnât until two years later that he was fired by OSF after writing a letter to the editor in support of euthanasia. A hospital spokeswoman said physician-assisted suicide goes against the teachings of the Catholic church.
âIn view of the fact that Dr. David Gill embraces and advocates medical treatment methods that are unlawful in this state and that are not acceptable by community medical standards, Dr. Gill cannot be employed by OSF HealthCare System,â a company representative said at the time.
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Hereâs what Gill said about physician-assisted suicide back in 1997.
âI donât think people should have to put up with the amount of suffering the state says they have to. A lot of physicians feel disgruntled, ashamed and disgusted in their inability to assist patients,â Gill said in an article in The (Bloomington) Pantagraph.
He added that physician-assisted suicides already occur.
For example, Gill said some doctors will keep increasing a patientâs dosage of pain-relieving morphine, fully aware that respirations will eventually stop.
âIt goes on everyday,â he said at the time.
It wasnât until two years later that he was fired by OSF after writing a letter to the editor in support of euthanasia. A hospital spokeswoman said physician-assisted suicide goes against the teachings of the Catholic church.
âIn view of the fact that Dr. David Gill embraces and advocates medical treatment methods that are unlawful in this state and that are not acceptable by community medical standards, Dr. Gill cannot be employed by OSF HealthCare System,â a company representative said at the time.
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