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Winnipeg, Canada - Judge: Orthodox Man To Remain On Life Supprt.

Feb 13, 2008 at 04:38 PM

Winnipeg, Canada - A Winnipeg judge has ruled that an 84-year-old Orthodox Jew will remain on life support until a dispute over whether a doctor can disconnect him without the family's permission can go to trial. The adult children of Samuel Golubchuk want him to stay connected to a ventilator and feeding tube because it would be a sin under his faith to "hasten his death." But several doctors...

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