A 55-year-old woman from Trieste (north) who suffered from secondary progressive multiple sclerosis and who requested assisted suicide, died on November 28 at his home in Trieste after self-administering a lethal drug, becoming the first person in Italy to be fully assisted Italian public health system.

This is what he announced Luca Coscioni Associationwho has been fighting for many years to help people achieve their wish to die voluntarily, and who stressed that he is the first person to have access to assisted suicide “with direct help from the Health Service”; third person followed by association which has access to voluntary assisted dying in Italy, and the fifth to receive the green light.”

Following the Trieste court ruling, the association explains, “the lethal drug and materials were provided by the Italian public health service, and a doctor was also provided, who voluntarily did everything necessary to support the request within the established time frame.” ., by volume and within the limits established by the court and therefore without direct intervention in the administration of the drug, an action which remained the sole responsibility of the woman.”

The patient, as reported on the association’s website, left a message: “Anna” is the name I chose. and out of respect for my family’s privacy, I will remain Anna. I loved life and my loved ones with all my being and resisted with the same strength in a body that was no longer mine. However, I have decided to put an end to the suffering I am experiencing because it is truly unbearable right now.”