Warning: Morbid topic ahead.
Having seen video footage and read articles about the horrors that are currently happening in hospitals across the world, I'm considering a living will. There doesn't seem to be actual legislation in SA regarding living wills, so is there even a point in having one? If I get COVID-19 and land up in hospital, will medical practitioners adhere to requests in a living will not to be kept alive using artificial respiration or feeding? That scares me far more than death, because most people who end up needing ventilators either die within a week or two, or end up with an extremely poor quality of life afterwards.
Or would it be better just to commit suicide peacefully at home before things get serious enough to warrant being admitted to hospital?
Having seen video footage and read articles about the horrors that are currently happening in hospitals across the world, I'm considering a living will. There doesn't seem to be actual legislation in SA regarding living wills, so is there even a point in having one? If I get COVID-19 and land up in hospital, will medical practitioners adhere to requests in a living will not to be kept alive using artificial respiration or feeding? That scares me far more than death, because most people who end up needing ventilators either die within a week or two, or end up with an extremely poor quality of life afterwards.
Or would it be better just to commit suicide peacefully at home before things get serious enough to warrant being admitted to hospital?