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Uruguay performed on Friday (22) the first euthanasia since the legalization of the practice in the country, approved by Parliament in October 2025 and regulated in April this year by President Yamandú Orsi. The patient, a 69-year-old woman diagnosed with terminal-stage pancreatic cancer and advanced metastases, went through the procedure at the Police Hospital in Montevideo. Euthanasia allowed in Uruguay: Brazilians can do the procedure in the …
A cancer patient died in Uruguay on Friday after undergoing euthanasia, AFP reported, citing a source in the medical chamber. It is the first such case in the country since the adoption of a law on assisted dying for terminally ill patients. The law came into force in April this year.
A 69-year-old woman with terminal cancer was euthanized.
The law on assisted dying came into effect last month.
The 69-year-old patient decided to leave the treatments and undergo the “decent death” procedure, a process in which she was accompanied by one of her children. They assure that there is a growing interest from the outside.
The South American country legalized euthanasia in October 2025 by voting on the Digna Death Bill
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