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Euthanisation of non-terminally ill Colombian woman cancelled

Ronan — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 06:55:51 +0000

The euthanisation of a Martha Liria Sepúlveda Campo, a 51-year-old woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, was cancelled, the Colombian Pain Institute (IPS Incodol) announced Saturday.

IPS Incodol reported Oct 9 that the Interdisciplinary Scientific Committee for the Right to Die with Dignity "unanimously concluded to cancel the procedure."

The committee explained that "the cancellation decision is based on No. 26.6 of Article 26 of Resolution 971 of 2021 of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, which assigns the Committee within its functions to review the application process and the complete euthanasia procedure, in order to determine any situation that affects it being carried out."

Euthanisation of non-terminally ill Colombian woman cancelled

Colombian clinic reverses decision on woman's euthanasia

Ronan — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 06:51:05 +0000

Martha Sepúlveda Campo, 51, was ready to die on Sunday.

Days before, she had been all smiles while joking with her son and having a beer to celebrate what would have been her death by euthanasia.

Sepúlveda would have been the first patient without an immediate terminal prognosis — those expected to live for six months or less — to receive euthanasia in Colombia, a country considered a pioneer in the right to a dignified death, both in Latin America and globally.

But on Saturday, a committee from the center where she had planned to undergo euthanasia, the Instituto Colombiano del Dolor, reversed the decision, saying Sepúlveda does not meet the requirement for being terminal.

Colombian clinic reverses decision on woman's euthanasia