As of: January 31, 2024, 9:30 a.m
By: Julia Stanton
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A woman decides to end her life through medical assistance.
But her husband doesn't know anything about her decision.
Now he is making serious accusations against the responsible clinic.
Turin - The case of a 55-year-old Italian woman is shocking: The woman from Turin suffered from severe depression and therefore sought euthanasia in a Swiss clinic.
She died there on October 12, 2023. However, the 55-year-old hid her decision from her family and loved ones.
An hour before her death, she sent a cryptic message to her lawyer with her final wishes: "Go home, turn off the electricity and water, donate my clothes to charity and entrust the urn with our son's ashes to my husband." .
The lawyer then immediately notified the woman's husband in Italy and filed a missing person's report.
But at this point their decision could no longer be stopped.
Husband is informed of his wife's death by email: But the message ends up in the spam folder
The woman's husband was informed of her death via email.
But the message from the clinic ended up in the spam folder, so the man only found out about it days later.
He is now making serious allegations against the clinic.
“Nobody informed us about my wife’s trip to Switzerland,” the widower recently told the Italian daily
La Stampa
.
“We couldn't try to dissuade her or say goodbye to her, either before or after her death.
We only received her ashes.” According to him, the relatives were confident that the woman would recover from her depression.
A woman from Italy decided to have euthanasia in Switzerland.
(Symbolic image) © imago/sepp mirror
The woman had already contacted the clinic in Basel in July 2023.
However, her relatives were able to dissuade her from her suicide plans.
She developed depression after her son's death.
Turin authorities defend woman's decision for euthanasia
The municipal councilor of Turin, Silvio Viale, defended the responsible institution: “I am sure that the Swiss clinic that took on the case has carried out all the health examinations.” He respects the woman's decision and is happy that the clinic is helping her made it possible to die with dignity.
The clinic itself has not released a statement on the case.
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The woman had to travel to Switzerland for euthanasia because it is banned in Italy.
In 2022, a 44-year-old man received permission for medically assisted suicide there for the first time.
But the legal situation there, as in Germany, is still complicated.
In this country, the right to self-determination remains unregulated by law.
(jus)