Ana Estrada was presented this morning in what would be the final hearing before the Supreme Court that will resolve his request to agree to a dignified death following fighting for more than 12 years once morest an incurable and progressive polymyositis that has led her to suffer pain and be bedridden.
During his speech, Estrada described to the magistrates the reason for his fight for a dignified death and his right to stand firm in this fight.
“It’s not regarding giving up. It is not that I have stopped valuing life, on the contrary. This fight that I undertook four years ago for the right to a dignified death I did initially out of commitment and respect for the life I had lived until then, before entering the ICU, and I continue to stand firm in that commitment and the defense of my rights for life and liberty, for autonomy, for the right to decide how long I can tolerate suffering. I am not giving up, it is not regarding wanting to die and I said it from the first day that I made my request public through my networks”said Anne.
He added that “I want and request is to take control of my decisions to be able to speak right now I have had to rest. I have had to cover my trachea and at times I uncover it when you intervene, but this I will not be able to do for a while, that is why I request and I want to reiterate that I am not asking to die or to be allowed to die , what I am asking is to take control, my will of my autonomy and decisions”
“It is not regarding physical pain, it is regarding a right, my right to autonomy, that I have control of my time and my decisions. It is not only regarding how much palliative care can help me in my illness, it is regarding the awareness that I have regarding my life”, he stressed.
When asked by the magistrates of the Supreme Court regarding the right to life, Ana Estrada indicated that “life is not only biological, it is biographical and that is why I am campaigning for my story, I am not doing or knowing He has never wanted to make an apology or for this to expand to other areas”.
“I have all the palliative care, so it may sound contradictory that I am fighting to have a dignified death and at the same time want to live, because that is what life is all regarding, living in freedom”, Held.
Around 5 pm, it was announced that the Permanent Constitutional and Social Law Chamber of the Supreme Court will continue on Monday, January 31 at 10:30 am with the hearing consultation of the amparo process filed by Ana Estrada and the Ombudsman once morest the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, and others.
In said session, the collegiate plans to listen to the technical reports of the medical professionals of Estrada Ugarte, the Ombudsman, Essalud and the Peruvian Society of Palliative Care (SPCP). The decision was adopted by the court to listen to the experts, have extensive knowledge of the subject and resolve with all the guarantees of due process.
DEGENERATIVE ILLNESS
at another time, Ana Estrada He indicated what his day-to-day is like with the disease he suffers from. “I am currently under the care of health personnel. I am connected to the ventilator most of the day. Although these 30 years of illness have been hard, what has remained intact has been my lucidity and my mental and emotional awareness. I think I wouldn’t have had enough strength if I wasn’t aware of what awaits me. My illness is not a terminal illness like cancer, so I made the decision to take control and my right to choose.”
Meanwhile, the Ombudsman, Walter Gutiérrez, expressed that he trusts that in this instance the position of the first sentence will be reaffirmed, which gave the green light to Ana Estrada can be euthanized.
“I trust that the Supreme Court It will resolve the reaffirming position of the sentence in the first instance taking the facts, but also the legal arguments that are included in the sentence and in the lawsuit, ”he said in News Extension.
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