83-Year-Old Woman Jumps Off Balcony After Euthanasia Request Was Ignored

[deathLiberation]

Not exactly the most recent news but...

83-Year-Old Woman Jumps Off Balcony After Euthanasia Request Was Ignored

A Spanish pro-euthanasia group said the woman's assisted dying documents were left unprocessed because "no doctor wanted to take responsibility."

www.ibtimes.com

An 83-year-old woman in the Spanish region of Aragon died by suicide over the weekend after her euthanasia application was left unprocessed for months.

M**fckrs!

This kind of indoctrinated people keep on extending other people suffering.

 

[SuicidallyCurious]

They made her break her bones and die in this public setting.

She offered to willingly take herself out of the pension pool in a private way . Now the Spanish government will suffer the consequences of this public suicide

 

[Rational man]

It seems the evaluation panel didnt authorise it.conscientiously objecting is a dilemma. Drs save people but they fear consequences by allowing peoplento die!. She did did not have terminal disease but like so many people, including me, I live with pain and sickness that medicine is unable to properly control. Its tragic that the lady had to resort to this. I suppose NYT wouldn't be interested in a story like this but behind every life is a story of life and despair. I've read many story's locally to me. One man was turned down for life saving treatment because NHS couldn't afford it. A young couple, not far from me lost their young son and the grief was too much. They jumped off a cliff holding hands. The body of their young son was found in a ruck sack the man was carrying. You see its easy to make newslines but there s heartbreak story behind each one..

 

[stevieu]

But it's ok, they'll still think they saved her! This f*cking stupid world, or rather, the majority of humans that inhabit it.

 

[Rational man]

Conscientiously objected !. Maybe it would help if doctors were indemnified from blame. Quality of life is important but the lady presumably had none. I hope her dignity remained.

 

[squidgirl]

people will always die. that is a fact of life. we should be working to make those deaths better and more peaceful

people will always ctb. that is also a fact of life. by removing access to peaceful methods, they are not stopping suicides, they are stopping peaceful suicides.

 

[FuneralCry]

It really is cruel how she was denied a peaceful exit, and was expected to just suffer. I wish we lived in a more compassionate society where the right to die is respected.

 

[Catloaf]

When, when will this nightmare stop?

Sometimes I think that if animals magically started talking and going to work, they would quickly be denied of euthanasia. Just as humans.

 

[Marktheghost]

people will always die. that is a fact of life. we should be working to make those deaths better and more peaceful

people will always ctb. that is also a fact of life. by removing access to peaceful methods, they are not stopping suicides, they are stopping peaceful suicides.

I agree 100%.

 

[Wayfaerer]

Fortunately change has been happening at a previously unforeseen rate due to technology so I expect we'll be moving more and more out of the dark age with each passing decade. I think euthanasia will be more accepted within a decade at least for the elderly. We will probably have to wait a few more at least for no-questions-asked euthanasia but that will inevitably come to. People set in their ways are hard to change.

 

[Crazy4u]

this is so frustrating. stupid doctors and stupid government

 

[Lost Magic]

While it is horrible that this poor lady had to resort to this, I hope her death is not in vain. This was a protest death for better end of life options. She died a martyr for the cause.

 

[Tomoko]

Jesus this was horrible. Hope she is at peace.