(tEsto, editorial staff) “Gentile parliamentary and fellow citizens all, I don’t know if you remember me, I am Martina Oppelli. More than a year ago I made an appeal to all of you so that it was promulgated and approved a law, a sensible law that regulates the end of life, which brings to a end -of -dignified life all people, sick, elderly, but it does not matter, sooner or later we must measure ourselves with the end of our life. Yes, this appeal ended up in the void. “
These are the words of Martina Oppelli entrusted to theLuca Coscioni Association In a video recorded in Switzerland, before dying. “Every pain is absolute and must be respected”, “make a sensible law,” he added.
End of life, the story of Martina Oppelli, who died in Switzerland
Martina Oppelli was 50 years old and was suffering from progressive secondary multiple sclerosis, diagnostics in April 2002, when she was only 28 years old. Very serious motor limitation with widespread pains and spasms that are not controlled by therapy: these were its conditions. He was totally dependent on third parties for the conduct of each activity.
In August 2023 he had sent for the first time to his ASL of competence, the University Health Authority Giuliano Isontina (Asugi), the request for verification of his conditions to access assisted death pursuant to sentence 242/2019.
The ASL had denied her assisted suicide for the requirement of vital support
Martina had to go to Switzerland after three denials of her ASL, which did not consider the requirement of vital support treatment, despite the complete dependence on the assistance of its caregivers, the massive doses of drugs taken, the use of the cough of the cough and lastly also the insertion of the bladder catheter.
He was unable to access the medically assisted suicide in Italy and was forced to face a journey to Switzerland very long and painful given his condition. But it is finally free.
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