On June 25, Spain became the fourth European country to legalize active euthanasia.

Barely a month later, on July 23, the first assisted suicide was carried out, reports the daily newspaper El País.

Was surrounded by his family

The 86-year-old Basque woman who received euthanasia had not been counted for some time, but had written in her will ten years earlier that she had explained why she no longer wanted to live.

Already on the same day as the law was clubbed, her family submitted an application for euthanasia.

When caregivers administered the substance that ended her life, the woman was surrounded by her family.

- It was in the bedroom, with all the loved ones by her side.

It is not easy to die like this, but she was no longer in this life and did not want to be, the woman's son tells El País.

The family also praises the "sensitivity and compassion" of the care staff.

Euthanasia legal in specific cases

Spanish law allows active euthanasia in the event of "serious and incurable disease" or chronic conditions that cause "unbearable" suffering.

The son says that the mother has been completely bedridden and dependent on constant care, but does not want to go further into her condition.

- Death is something very intimate and it is not necessary to give personal details, he says to the newspaper.

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Barbro Westerholm (L), Member of Parliament, and Torsten Mossberg, Swedish Medical Association, both want to see a parliamentary inquiry into euthanasia.