Man with incurable disorder kills himself by removing oxygen mask after claiming it did not constitute as suicide
A man with advanced motor neurone disease has taken his own life by removing the oxygen mask he needed to breathe after stating that removing his mask did not constitute as suicide.
John King, 77, died on February 28, shortly after telling the BBC in an interview about the effects of the incurable illness that he intended to take his own life. Motor neurone disease is a progressive and ultimately fatal disorder that disrupts signals to all voluntary muscles. His wife stated that "no one can blame him" for the decision, Daily Mail reported.
Just a week ago, the 77-year-old from Worcestershire who had to be fed through a tube since his diagnosis, said; "I have no issue with it at all. I've thought about this long enough. I live in this wheelchair. This is my life from the moment I've got out of bed in the morning."
"My time has come. I do not want outside intervention. Do not resuscitate me," he told BBC.