Ten SA doctors have told right-to-die activist Sean Davison that they, too, have helped people die. Davison told the Cape Town Press Club that some doctors were fighting for legal euthanasia as they stared death in the face daily while treating gravely ill patients.

He claimed 10 doctors emailed him while he was under house arrest, saying they helped people to die, reports Weekend Argus.

Davison completed his house arrest three weeks ago after being sentenced in 2019.

Judge John Hlophe accepted a plea bargain from Davison who was also sentenced to house arrest in New Zealand for the attempted murder of his mother, Dr Patricia Ferguson, who was terminally ill.

‘Since my arrest, 10 doctors have let me know they helped people to die. These doctors risked the police seizing my computer. Are we a nation who has doctors as murderers? No, they did it out of compassion. I gave a series of four talks to groups of doctors around the country six years ago. In each talk there were about 100 doctors attending. After the talk I took a poll among the 100 doctors, I assured them it was a secret vote, 98 supported a law change on assisted dying,’ he said.

Full Weekend Argus report