Federico Carboni, a 44-year-old quadriplegic from the Marches for 12 years after a car accident, is the first person in Italy who can legally choose medically assisted suicide . He died at 11.05.
After a long legal battle he received the equipment and medication to carry it out. They were delivered by the Luca Coscioni Association which, thanks to an "extraordinary mobilization", collected 5 thousand euros in a few hours to help Mario get the equipment.
"In the absence of a law - explains the association - the Italian State has not taken on the costs of assisting assisted suicide and dispensing the drug , despite the fact that the technique is allowed by the Constitutional Court with the ruling on the Cappato case- Dj Fabo ".
“Thank you all for covering the costs of my gadget, which I will then leave at the disposal of the association for those who need it after me”, declares Mario, launching an appeal to “support this struggle to be free to choose”.
(Unioneonline / L)
