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Will Nicholas

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Simple fix doctors plead to modernise assisted dying - The Untold Story

Since 2019, most terminal patients in Australia have been allowed to end their lives voluntarily. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Dr Joanna Czerwinski's patient had been vomiting for five days straight before she was able to end their life.

"They started vomiting on a Saturday, made contact with me on the Monday ... and I couldn't have (the prescription) collected until the Thursday," she told AAP.

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