First to die under Victoria’s euthanasia law

An episode of the Quirky Japanese Podcast podcast, hosted by Yuto Ito, titled "First to die under Victoria’s euthanasia law" was published on August 6, 2019 and runs 2 minutes.

August 6, 2019 ·2m · Quirky Japanese Podcast

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Kerry Robertson was 61 died at the nursing home in Bendigo last month. She lived with cancer since 2010 when she found her diagnosed. Two daughters have been supported her strongly. Jaqui Hicks and Nicole Robertson told the Go Gentle Australia her death had been “beautiful and peaceful”. According to the ABC News, the mother was surrounded by her love, two daughters who found her relatives to come to her place. Volunteer Assisted Dying Act passed the government in 2017. The other state which is QL is yet legalised euthanasia. There is a strict criteria for the law that the patient must be a terminal illness with no more than six months left to live or 12 months is they have a degenerative neurological condition. Two doctors must pass the applications and the patient must make three request. So, the patient struggle with cancer have so many symptoms physically and mentally. They take a medicine that make their appetite stimulated. My girlfriend’s dad is a healthy and well working guy. But, he put a lot of weight even on his strict diet. And also the anti-cancer medicine make their body-hair away. He used to have an amazing chest hair and beard but anymore. The patient feel them different person after the medication. That’s the mental break of the cancer. It comes suddenly. People should have the open conversation over the cancer, not only the new medical solution. Seems like the media focus on the point too much. The death is part of our life at the certain stag of the life. Euthanasia is the one of the way to finish the life without pain for the patient have been suffered from the critical disease. Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/04/cancer-patient-is-first-to-die-under-victoria-euthanasia-law?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-05/portrait-of-kerry-robertson-1/11382726

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Kerry Robertson was 61 died at the nursing home in Bendigo last month. She lived with cancer since 2010 when she found her diagnosed. Two daughters have been supported her strongly. Jaqui Hicks and Nicole Robertson told the Go Gentle Australia her death had been “beautiful and peaceful”. According to the ABC News, the mother was surrounded by her love, two daughters who found her relatives to come to her place. Volunteer Assisted Dying Act passed the government in 2017. The other state which is QL is yet legalised euthanasia. There is a strict criteria for the law that the patient must be a terminal illness with no more than six months left to live or 12 months is they have a degenerative neurological condition. Two doctors must pass the applications and the patient must make three request. So, the patient struggle with cancer have so many symptoms physically and mentally. They take a medicine that make their appetite stimulated. My girlfriend’s dad is a healthy and well working guy. But, he put a lot of weight even on his strict diet. And also the anti-cancer medicine make their body-hair away. He used to have an amazing chest hair and beard but anymore. The patient feel them different person after the medication. That’s the mental break of the cancer. It comes suddenly. People should have the open conversation over the cancer, not only the new medical solution. Seems like the media focus on the point too much. The death is part of our life at the certain stag of the life. Euthanasia is the one of the way to finish the life without pain for the patient have been suffered from the critical disease. Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/04/cancer-patient-is-first-to-die-under-victoria-euthanasia-law?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-05/portrait-of-kerry-robertson-1/11382726

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