Dignitas

Gay optometrist, 50, with terminal brain cancer will have assisted death in Dignitas

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Gay optometrist, 50, with terminal brain cancer who married ‘love of his life’ on Valentine’s Day is preparing to take £25,000 private jet to Dignitas in Switzerland rather than face prolonged death at home Alain du Chemin, 50, will take a £25,000 private jet to Switzerland from Jersey He was diagnosed with terminal glioblastoma back … Read more

British woman, 40, who announced on live TV she would end life at Dignitas finds miracle cure

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A Cystic Fibrosis sufferer who announced her desire to die by assisted suicide at Dignitas live on TV has been given a new lease of life by a groundbreaking drug. Jennie Thornton, 40, fell seriously ill earlier this year with a 30 per cent lung infection and feared that she could be killed if she … Read more

Actress considered ending life at Dignitas after rare condition caused paralysis and incontinence

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Actress Kim Taylforth has revealed she researched ending her life at Dignitas after being struck down with a rare condition which caused paralysis and incontinence at the age of 59.  Kim, now 62, from Bedfordshire, who is the sister of EastEnders star Gillian and is known for playing Marilyn Fenner in ITV’s Bad Girls, was … Read more

Adam Castillejo ‘feared dying of cancer more than Aids and considered ending it all at Dignitas’

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The second person to be cured of HIV has revealed how he was more fearful of dying from cancer than Aids and considered ending his life at Dignitas. Adam Castillejo, 40, was known only as the ‘London Patient’ when doctors revealed his success story last March after a stem cell transplant to treat his cancer. … Read more