11.  Currently, a doctor risks prosecution every time he or she performs euthanasia.

12.  He said he had thought deeply before agreeing to perform euthanasia and he now has no regrets.

13.  He said he had thought deeply before agreeing to perform euthanasia and that he has no regrets.

14.  She added that doctors who have been hesitant to perform euthanasia because of legal uncertainties might change their minds once there is guarantee of non-prosecution.

15.  The guidelines provide that euthanasia must be performed by a physician after the repeated and informed request of a patient suffering unrelievable pain.

16.  The ruling said doctors must do all they could to ease physical pain for their patients, among other requirements before performing euthanasia.

17.  Last year, a major hospital in Beijing openly declared its willingness to perform euthanasia on patients, once the practice is legalised.