He made it known using his eye pointer, why for 18 years he has been immobilized in bed: «For two months my suffering has been recognized as unbearable. I have all the conditions to be helped to die. But the state ignores me. At this point I choose deep sedation and continue even if it prolongs the agony for those who love me ».
Fabio Ridolfi, 46 years old from Fermignano, due to the irreversible pathology from which he is affected, the tetraparesis from rupture of the basilar artery, he cannot move any part of his body, except for the eyes. He can only communicate through an eye pointer. He wants to put an end to his suffering, which has become unbearable.
After a public appeal, he had obtained the favorable opinion of the Ethics Committee on the existence of the necessary conditions to proceed with medical aid to voluntary death, but still today there is still no indication of the drug and the method of administration. On May 27, Fabio Ridolfi also formally warned the Single Regional Health Authority of the Marches to carry out tests on the drug in a short time. But the Asur, to date, has never responded. Once the terms had expired, Fabio Ridolfi’s lawyers could legitimately have proceeded with a criminal action against those responsible for the non-fulfillment for omission of official acts.
The point is, he doesn’t want to wait any longer. “Fabio had a right, that of being able to choose medical aid for voluntary death, legally exercisable on the basis of sentence 242 of the Constitutional Court (Cappato \ Dj Fabio)”, explain the lawyer Filomena Gallo, National Secretary of the Luca Coscioni Association and Marco Cappato, Treasurer. “A right that was denied him due to the constant delays and obstruction of a state which, while affirming that he has all the requisites envisaged by the constitutional judgment and recognizing that his sufferings are unbearable, prevents him from saying enough “.
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Every day that passes for Fabio is one more day of suffering. “Because of this she decided she didn’t want to wait any longer and to proceed with deep sedation and with the suspension of life support treatments ”, the Coscioni association said. «He has been waiting for over two months and the Asur continues to ignore his request, after having kept an opinion in a drawer for 40 days that affirmed the presence of the requisites to legally access assisted suicide. We cannot fail to notice the absolute silence of national politics, committed to the cover-up in the Senate of the text of the law on aid for suicide, after the Constitutional Court prevented the people from expressing their opinion on the referendum ”.
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Source: Vanity Fair
