A tragedy that has lit the debate about euthanasia in Colombia after the brutal attack that left Erika Morales in quadriplegia and plunged his family into deep pain.
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In an event that has moved the entire community of Pasto, Erika Yanira Morales, a 20 -year -old girl, faces a painful battle for the right to decent death.
The tragedy dates back to 2021, when Erika, only 17, in the Andes Sotomayor, was brutally attacked in a disco with a bottle, leaving her with quadriplegia and a deep physical and emotional suffering.
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A truncated life and the struggle for euthanasia
After spending a year and seven months in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Erika awakened with the irreversible reality of not being able to move and live with intense daily pains. Communicating through letters of letters, the young woman told her family her desire to access euthanasia, a legal procedure in Colombia that seeks to guarantee decent death for those who suffer unbearable sufferings.
However, his request was rejected by his EPS, EMSSANAR, which has lit a national debate on the barriers faced by patients who seek to end their suffering legally and in a respectful way.
Erika Morales attacked her
Erika, a native of the municipality of Los Andes – Sotomayor, Nariño, worked on the outskirts of the town on the road that leads to the creed, when two women assaulted her with a bottle in the head.
The events occurred on Monday, August 2, 2021 at about 5 in the afternoon, she managed to reach her house but the next day she had to be taken to the Emergency.
The symptoms began to bother her and a “multiple headache” made the child sent to the city of Pasto. When Erika arrived at Los Angeles Children’s Hospital, “he was basically without vital signs,” says his mother.
The emotional statement of his sister Tatiana Morales
Amid pain and uncertainty, Erika’s family has echoed despair and unconditional love. Tatiana Morales, the girl’s sister, shared on social networks a message full of feeling and clamor out of respect for Erika’s decision:
“I ask you to respect the decision that only my sister has taken. We as a family, as his sister, only support her and give her the sample of love she asked me. In this way, I only seek to help her so that she can rest, although we are going to suffer this all our life. Just knowing that she will be fine, that fills us after all this. I have nothing against the other churches. In my way I believe in God. I know he has always been there, always, giving my sister’s necessary strength, my mother, my dad and me. I only ask for respect. Thank you very much, just understand that my sister fought for three long years and that today she can no longer “
Tatiana’s words reflect not only pain and helplessness as a family, but also the firm conviction of supporting Erika’s decision, who has fought intensely against physical and emotional suffering that prevents him from having an acceptable quality of life.
The debate
Various location media have covered this case, where the difficulties faced by the Colombian health system to guarantee access to euthanasia, despite having legal support are deepened. According to the investigations, the attack occurred at the Andes disco, Sotomayor not only marked the beginning of a spiral of pain for Erika and his family, but has also evidenced the need to review and improve the protocols of attention in cases in cases of patients in a situation of extreme suffering.
The rejection of EPS EMSSANAR to the Euthanasia application has generated intense discussion in social networks, where experts in human rights and public health demand greater sensitivity and clear protocols that guarantee respect for the decisions of patients in terminal states or with degenerative diseases.
While the authorities and health institutions continue the debate, the Morales family clings to the memory of a sister who, despite having faced three years of incessant struggle, seeks in dignity and respect for their decision a form of relief for The pain that has marked their lives.
The community and defenders of the right to decent death call to review the protocols and guarantee effective access to euthanasia in Colombia, ensuring that no one has to suffer in silence when life becomes unsustainable.
Source: Social Networks statements by Tatiana Morales.
Relied by: Lisbeth Easter, Tubarcco.
