French doctors ordered to resume treating paralysed man

In a stunning twist, doctors have been told to restart feeding 12 hours after they switched off life support
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Life support

A French appeals court has ordered doctors to resume giving food and water to a French quadriplegic, lawyers say, some 12 hours after physicians switched off the man’s life support against his parents’ will.

The fate of Vincent Lambert has renewed a fierce debate over the right to die that has split his family and the country.