Coma prince sparks euthanasia debate

August 31, 2012

IT was the tragic end to a winter break: caught off guard by an avalanche, Prince Friso of Holland was crushed under a heavy wad of snow for 23 minutes, his brain starved of oxygen. Now, six months after the Austrian skiing accident, the 43-year-old prince is still in a deep coma in a London hospital – and his country is debating whether he should be allowed to die. (The Australian)