Sunrise Beach registered nurse Fiona Jacobs is calling for people to write submissions to the Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry into aged care, end-of-life and palliative care and voluntary assisted dying before the deadline on 15 April.
The voluntary assisted dying advocate and Dying with Dignity Queensland member together with breast cancer sufferer Tania Battel last year collected signatures on a petition to call on the Queensland Government to begin an inquiry into legislation on voluntary assisted dying.
“Within three weeks we’d collected 3000 signatures,” she said.
“I’ve seen a lot of people die,” Fiona , a nurse of 35 years said.
“The trigger was my mother dying last year. It was not a happy end. The sooner we get this legislation, the sooner we let people have better deaths if they choose it.”
Victoria passed VAD laws after a parliamentary inquiry.A recent survey by Noosa MP Sandy Bolton showed about 93 per cent of local participants supported voluntary assisted dying.
To assist people who want to write submissions, Fiona will be holding an information session at Noosa Leisure Centre on Monday 25 February at 10am.
For more information email Fiona at fiona.jacobs@bigpond.com
