Bureaucracy Kills!

Euthanasia is at least in some form or another legal in several European countries, probably most notably the Netherlands and Belgium.  Apparently, a formal request for euthanasia must be submitted to the government, prior to approval.  Almost half of the requests (48%) ended up being approved here in Belgium last year, but, ironically, in 23% of the cases the patient actually died before the approval was given.  No comment.