New figures have revealed more than 140 applications to die have been made by terminally ill Victorians since voluntary assisted dying was legalised.
Patients with less than six months to live in Victoria can now apply to end their lives, but are required to meet 68 safeguards before they
are approved. The next report to be released in February will reveal the exact number of people since the introduction of the laws. Image: Getty
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