Sep 7, 2011 / 15:47 pm
Ramona Estevez, the 91-year-old Spanish woman whose feeding tube was withdrawn last month, died on Sept. 6 at the Blanca Paloma Hospital in Huelva, Spain.
Estevez suffered a stroke at the end of July, leaving her in a deep coma. On Aug. 23, the Andalusia Health Department granted a request by her family members to remove her feeding tube.
The organization Right to Life in Spain responded by filing two lawsuits, one requesting that the tube be reinserted, and another against the head of the Andalusia Health Department and against Blanca Paloma Hospital for failing to provide care and assisting in a suicide.
The court rejected the lawsuits arguing that Right to Life “is not a party of interest in the procedure and that no proof has been presented of criminal action.”