Fabio asks for assisted suicide, State help me to die
“Dear Italian State, I have been reduced to this for 18 years. Every day my condition becomes more and more unsustainable. Help me to die”. It is the appeal of Fabio Ridolfi46 year old from Fermignano, a town in the province of Pesaro Urbino, immobilized for 18 years due to a tetraparesis from rupture of the basilar artery. She can only move her eyes and communicates through an eye pointer. As fromCoscioni Associationhe turned toAssur (Unica Sanitaria Regionale) Marche which, following the jurisprudence created by other cases, activated the checks provided for by the Constitutional Court Cappato / dj Fabo. The man was subjected to all the necessary medical examinations but, from March 15th when the medical report was sent to the Marche Region Ethics Committee – says the Luca Coscioni Association – “no opinion has yet arrivedneither on his conditions nor on the modalities to be able to proceed with medically assisted suicide “.
Fabio is the third Italian a fare request of commit suicide, after Mario and Antonio, the fictional names of two quadriplegics, also from the Marches. Long in touch with Mina Welbyhe had also considered the possibility of going in Swiss. Unlike the other two, who preferred anonymity, Fabio made his name and his name known, broadcasting a video in which he is seen composing his appeal with the eye pointer. “Fabio asks to put an end to his suffering in a painless way, with the fastest and most respectful ways of his dignity. It is your rightbased on the sentence of the Constitutional Court in the Cappato / Antoniani case “, they stated Filomena Gallo And Marco Cappatonational secretary and treasurer of the Luca Coscioni Association.
Once again, as already happened with Mario and Antonio, the delay of the Asur in responding to your request, in violation of legal obligationsleads against which for Fabio have been unbearable for years. Mario and Antonio, however, had to engage in legal battles, one of his warningsto obtain verification by the ASUR of the conditions for accessing medically assisted suicide, provided for by the sentence of the Consult. In the case of Mario, in the end, the positive opinion of the Marche Region Ethics Committee and some interpretative difficulties related to the type of substance to be used, the quantity and methods of administration have also been overcome. Antonio instead is still waiting. But on the basis of these experiences, the Asur this time did not wait for the order of the judges and has activated for verifications.