A person has died by suicide after taking lethal assisted suicide drugs left unused when their partner died in hospital without taking them, according to a report from the Victoria Government.
The report, released earlier this month, says the ‘Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board’ for Victoria, Australia found “no evidence” that any aspect of the euthanasia and assisted suicide process or the dispensing of the lethal drugs contributed to the unintended death by suicide of the partner.
Despite the unintended death, the Board claims the euthanasia and assisted suicide programme “continues to operate safely” and it has not altered its assessment of “the safety and integrity” of the assisted suicide framework.
