SEOUL, June 23 (Reuters) – Doctors at a Seoul hospital on Tuesday became the first medical team in South Korea to take a patient off life support under a court order, in a case experts said changed how the country addresses a patient’s right to die.

Doctors at Yonsei University’s Severance Hospital removed the life support system that had kept Kim Ok-kyung, 77, alive since she lapsed into a persistent vegetative state in February 2008, a hospital official said.

A Seoul court last year granted the request of Kim’s family to remove her from life support, saying doctors should respect the will of the patient and family if a patient’s medical condition renders further treatment meaningless. Read more at Reuters>

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