Coroner blasts VAD after patient’s spouse took lethal drugs instead
Coroner David O'Connell says patients should not handle VAD drugs without a health practitioner present.
The suicide death of a Queenslander who took assisted dying drugs intended for their spouse has “fatally exposed” the state’s voluntary euthanasia laws, a coroner says.
Coroner David O’Connell has called on the state government to ensure that voluntary assisted dying (VAD) drugs are no longer left with patients and that health practitioners oversee patient self-administration of them.
