SINGAPORE: Fiji could make waves in the health industry with a new proposal to establish a euthanasia clinic where people terminally ill can go to in order to die, the country's local media reported on Friday. The Bernama news agency quoted Australian euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke as saying that the new clinic would be a means for a “hastened death service.” The new clinic would be located in Fiji's popular tourist town of Nadi and would be similar to one in Switzerland. The Australian doctor, who also heads Exit International, said the new proposal for the clinic has been sent to the Asia-Pacific island's attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. The attorney-general has reportedly asked for more details on the proposal before the government can make a ruling on it. Nitschke said that if approved, Fiji “could make money from government taxes on the service, local burial services and ongoing tourism associated with remembrance of the loved one.” Experts and observers of Fiji politics were reported as saying the government is unlikely to approve the clinic as the issue is too “morally charged.” It could hurt tourism, experts argued.
