Lombardy Health Service Oversees First Assisted Suicide Case

The regional health authority in Italy’s Lombardy region has administered its first medically assisted death, marking a significant step in the implementation of local end-of-life care protocols.

26 Aug, 10:47 — 26 Aug, 10:47

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First assisted suicide managed by the regional health service in Lombardy

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 26 - Lombardy has seen the first case of assisted suicide entirely managed by the regional health service. Domenico Zuccarella, 59, suffered from secondary progressive multiple sclerosis and died on August 25 after receiving assistance from the Lombardy Regional Health Service. As the right-to-die Luca Coscioni Association explains, this is the third person in Lombardy to access voluntary death, and the first case in which the Regional Health Service organized the entire im...

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