This is a case of baby euthanasia. The doctor has been cleared by the medical board of misconduct, but the morality applied by the British medical board in this case might be open to question. On the surface it is hard for a non-professional to recognize infant euthanasia at work. It is necessary to look more closely at the wording related to the incident to see that what the doctor did, even if he thought that he was helping the baby because of its pain was morally reprehensible.
In such a case I find it hard to know where to draw the line. The baby was dying and it was distressed and the doctor chose to give it medication that worked as a muscle relaxant. The dose of medication was sufficient to kill the baby. It really is a very fine line and I do not applaud the actions taken by this doctor.
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