In Colombia, South America, a man suffering from severe lung disease chose to euthanize and died.
This is the first case since a local court has ruled to allow non-end-of-life patients to be euthanized.
Euthanasia was chosen by Victor Escobar, 60, who lives in Cali, western Colombia.
According to foreign media, Escobar suffered from severe lung disease and diabetes and had been hoping for euthanasia for two years, but Colombian courts have traditionally only allowed terminally ill patients to be euthanized. It was.
However, Escobar chose to euthanize and died on the 7th, as the Constitutional Court ruled last year to allow non-end-of-life patients to be euthanized.
It is the first time in Colombia that a non-end-of-life patient has been euthanized.
Before his death, Escobar said, "It was a fight to open the door to other patients who wanted a dignified death."
There are other countries where euthanasia is allowed, such as Spain and New Zealand, but the conditions and methods vary, and even in Colombia, the Catholic Church says, "Everything that kills you, even to end the pain, is murder. Opinions are divided, such as criticizing.