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
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.
It revealed that 136 patients went through an initial assessment by a doctor to ensure they were terminally ill, had decision-making capacity and the suffering they faced was intolerable.
Just one patient was rejected.
