The son of a woman who died slowly after a stroke has said assisted dying should be introduced so other people can “die with dignity”.
David Kidd’s mother, Marie Kidd, was hospitalised for 10 days last month after she suffered a stroke and the family found watching her deteriorate was “quite difficult”., Mr Kidd praised the “fantastic” doctors at Tallaght Hospital but his mother would have preferred a quicker death.“So, we endured 10 to 12 days of watching Mam.”
“We need to really look at this to help with assisted dying at a point of a person’s choosing that they die with dignity,” he said. “Unless we the people contact our Senators and our TDs to say, ‘Look guys, this is a difficult situation but from what I can see, a majority of people want this brought through,’” he said.