Strong demand: Scores of Victorians undergo euthanasia in first six months

More than 130 patients have been approved to use the state's voluntary assisted dying scheme
Geir O'Rourke Australian Associated Press
Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board chair Betty King
Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board chair Betty King.

More than 50 people have died under Victoria’s euthanasia regime in the first six months — including nine who died after being administered a fatal drug by a doctor.

The details have emerged in the state’s latest report on voluntary assisted dying, tabled in Parliament on Wednesday.