Martha Sepúlveda manages to be euthanized after having been denied her right to die with dignity

• Colombia Today Sunday, the Lord's Day, I do euthanasia

He had planned everything for

, at the same time he used to go to mass.

But as the day approached, the IPS Instituto Colombiano del Dolor clinic in Medellín refused at the last moment to fulfill her wish.

Yesterday Saturday, however, Martha Sepúlveda, 51, managed to have the euthanasia applied to her for which she had been fighting since mid-2021, when the

for non-terminal patients who suffered excruciating pain.

Before that sentence, it was only allowed for those who suffered an incurable disease and were on the verge of death.

"Martha left grateful to all the people who accompanied and supported her, who prayed for her and had words of love and empathy during these difficult months," read the brief statement released by DescLab, the organization that helped her throughout the process. judicial.

Martha Sepúlveda

(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) since 2018, and she did not want to continue suffering or become a burden for her only son. For her, and she manifested it in her day, happiness was leaving this world before going into the most serious phase of her illness. And although she was the first non-terminal patient to request euthanasia, she was anticipated on Friday night (early morning in Spain) by another Colombian who also wanted to die by the same method.

"Thanks to all the Colombians who in one way or another gave us support, that confidence to continue with our fight. Blessings and hugs in general. I love you all very much. And I do not say goodbye, but see you later",

60,

said in a farewell video that he released the same day he died.

"Life is not bought, little by little the turn of each of us is coming. I do not say goodbye, but a see you later. Little by little we will find ourselves where God has us. Hugs and blessings for all. I love you and you I love with all my soul ".

Married and father of four children, he drove trucks until 36 years ago he suffered an accident that caused

both in the following months and in the years that followed.

He suffered from COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), diabetes, partial paralysis and hypertension

and he was tired of dealing with disabilities and pain.

The last days he dedicated to his family and although he had planned to grant a prize wheel on the same Friday, he opted in the end to send some recorded words and spend his last hours with his family.

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