Louise Annemoon Jonker

Die VF Plus veroordeel die Govan Mbeki-plaaslike munisipaliteit (Bethal, Charl Cilliers, Embalenhle, Evander, Kinross, Leandra, Secunda, Trichardt, Emzinoni) se onvermoë om basiese dienste aan sy inwoners te lewer. Die jongste voorval – waar munisipale werkers inwoners van Secunda en Bethal versoek het om self kragkabels aan te koop voordat hul krag herstel sou word, is ’n bewys van ’n totaal wanfunksionele administrasie.

1 INTRODUCTION Continuous deep sedation (CDS) is a form of palliative sedation that relieves suffering at the end-stage of life by continuously lowering the consciousness of the terminally ill patient until death.1 According to the Dutch guideline—of which core elements are presented in Table 1—the indication for CDS is the presence of refractory symptoms causing intolerable suffering in the last weeks or days of life.