Jean-Luc Romero-Michel went to Alain Cocq’s home, in Dijon, in Côte-d’Or. This politician and associative activist came to assure the Dijonnais suffering from an incurable disease of his support in his fight to die with dignity by administering a sedative.
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In recent weeks, the two have spoken several times by phone. Here they are reunited while Alain Cocq confirms his desire to end it on September 4, either by stopping to hydrate, to eat and to interrupt his treatment, or by administering a powerful sedative prescribed by a doctor and which would have the consequence of stopping his heart. However, the Leonetti law does not allow this last option.
“I persist and I sign! At the limit, I can not wait to be there because I will have started the last path, that of the deliverance of pain. Because I have new pains in my stomach. He’s tough again. And I know what it means. I have already had six medical interventions in absolute urgency. I say no! “, Explains Alain Cocq, from his medical bed.
The support of Jean-Luc Romero-Michel
President of the Association for the Right to Die with Dignity, Jean-Luc Romero-Michel has been campaigning for the rights of patients at the end of their life for many years. This elected official, deputy mayor Paris, understands and subscribes to Alain Cocq’s fight.
“He is a symbol of strength and courage, even if he doesn’t like to be said about him. It shows how our laws are not adapted and how badly we die in our country, that we do not have the right to choose the time and the way even when we have suffering that we cannot today medically relieve. “, adds Jean-Luc Romero-Michel.
Suffering from an orphan disease which now affects many vital organs, Alain Cocq calls for the legalization of the right to active assistance in dying with dignity. On August 24, he spoke by teleconference with the health advisor of the Élysée. The Dijonnais felt listened to and understood, but without any concrete progress emerging from this discussion.
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