44-year-old man asked for euthanasia after being paralyzed by a car accident for 12 years
Italy on Thursday applied for the first time assisted suicide to a 44-year-old man who had been paralyzed for 12 years after a car accident, after receiving permission from Italy’s Constitutional Court in November last year.
‘Mario’, the pseudonym of the quadriplegia used by the Italian media to refer to the case, died this Thursday morning at his home after being given a lethal injection, becoming the first Italian to have access to assisted suicide in the country, as reported by the Luca Coscioni Association, an organization that champions the legalization of euthanasia.
The medically assisted suicide procedure was performed under the medical supervision of Dr. Mario Riccio, though it was “Mario” himself who pressed the only finger that could move an IV pump and injected the deadly drug into his arteries.
“I don’t deny that I regret parting with life, it would be false and a liar if I said otherwise because life is wonderful and we only have one. But unfortunately it was. I have done everything I can to live as well as possible and to recover as much as possible from my disability, but now I am mentally and physically exhausted,” writes ‘Mario’ himself in a letter he gave before his death. to the Luca Coscioni Association.
«I have no minimum autonomy in everyday life, I am at the mercy of events, I depend on others for everything, I am like a ship floating on the ocean. (…) With the Luca Coscioni Association we have defended ourselves by attacking and we attack by defending ourselves, we have made jurisprudence and a piece of history in our country and I feel proud and honored to be by your side have stood. Now I’m finally free to fly wherever I want.”
Until now, people who wanted to die with assisted suicide in Italy had to go to Switzerland, where that is allowed. In addition, the Vatican and right-wing parties have been vehemently opposed to any form of euthanasia legislation in recent decades.
Despite this kind of pressure, 1.2 million Italians signed a petition in 2021 to force a referendum in favor of euthanasia, although in the end it was not carried out because the Italian Constitutional Court declared that I would pass a law of this type before the House of Representatives.
Source: La Verdad
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