Death by euthanasia in the Netherlands increased 10% in 2024, figures show

Watchdog urges 'great caution' with psychiatric illnesses after deaths in such cases rise to 219 from two in 2010 The number of people in the Netherlands who died by euthanasia increased by 10% last year, figures have shown, as the official watchdog warned doctors to exercise "great caution" in cases where person has a psychiatric illness. The Netherlands, which has one of the world's oldest and broadest euthanasia laws, allows doctors to end a person's life if they are "suffering unbearably, wi...