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Australia's 104-year-old scientis heads to Switzerland to end life

Updated on: 04 May,2018 12:00 PM IST  |  Sydney
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David Goodall does not have a terminal illness, but his quality of life has deteriorated and he has secured a fast-track appointment with assisted dying agency Life Circle in Basel

Australia's 104-year-old scientis heads to Switzerland to end life

David Goodall does not have a terminal illness, but his quality of life has deteriorated and he has secured a fast-track appointment with assisted dying agency Life Circle in Basel.



He will spend several days with other family in Bordeaux, France, before heading to Switzerland where he is due to end his life on May 10. "I don't want to go to Switzerland, though it's a nice country," he said before leaving.

"But, I have to do that in order to get the opportunity of suicide, which the Australian system does not permit. I feel very resentful." Assisted suicide is illegal in most countries around the world and was banned in Australia until the state of Victoria became the first to legalise it last year. But, that legislation, which takes effect from June 2019, only applies to terminally ill patients with life expectancy of less than six months.

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