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Assisted dying: My mother was denied a peaceful death surrounded by loved ones - George Smith

Interview with George Smith whose mother Maureen suffered with chronic pain and took her own life. He said the 80-year-old had been denied the opportunity to have a peaceful death surrounded by loved ones, due to the law as it stands. Maureen Smith dressed in her best clothes and put on her favourite jewellery before taking an overdose in her home earlier this year having lived with trigeminal neuralgia which sees sufferers endure an electric shock-like pain in their bodies in sudden attacks which her family said would sometimes see her fall to the floor.
Interview with George Smith whose mother Maureen suffered with chronic pain and took her own life. He said the 80-year-old had been denied the opportunity to have a peaceful death surrounded by loved ones, due to the law as it stands. Maureen Smith dressed in her best clothes and put on her favourite jewellery before taking an overdose in her home earlier this year having lived with trigeminal neuralgia which sees sufferers endure an electric shock-like pain in their bodies in sudden attacks which her family said would sometimes see her fall to the floor.
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Credit:
Press Association
Editorial #:
2178612454
Collection:
PA Media
Date created:
October 16, 2024
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Clip length:
00:04:21:07
Location:
United Kingdom
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MPEG-4 8-bit H.264 HD 1920x1080 25p
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PA Media
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tvt_pa-174386