Brittany Lauren Maynard was twenty-nine-year old when she died in a self-inflicted death. She was an American who had a university degree and loved travelling; she was married and had a good life before death came knocking at her door. She ended her own life when it was concluded that she didn’t have much time to live on the earth. She became popular before her death and became an advocate for the legalization of aid in dying.
Many people and organizations criticized her decision and wrote to her asking her to rescind the decision; however, she didn’t listen to these pleas. Instead, she aided her own death by allowing the medical professionals to take her own life, and she died in the midst of her loved ones. How unique this kind of death is right? Well, this type of death is known as Euthanasia.
Euthanasia as a word is etymologically taken from the Greek language, and this word means “good death”. Can there be any term like “good death”? Well, in Africa, there is nothing good about death. According to the Word Web, Euthanasia is the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness). To people of different psychology, euthanasia can be defined as bad, and to some, it is good.
Back to Brittany Lauren Maynard story. She was a young girl with a bright future ahead. However, her dream was frustrated by the coming of the dreaded and incurable cancerous disease: brain tumor. This brain tumor caused her unbearable pain and the doctors predicted that she didn’t have much time to live. You know how spooky this can be: Really Spooky! She couldn’t bear this any longer. So, surrounded by her loved ones, she decided to commit assisted suicide.
According to many religious organizations, she has committed a big sin; according to human rights activists, she is not supposed to take her own life. To her mother and her loved ones, she took the best decision. In most countries, euthanasia as part of the process of modern day medicine is not legal, but in some cases, euthanasia is necessary, like the one of Brittany.
Euthanasia is necessary when a patient undergoes series of deadly pains that are so unbearable; for instance, a patient who can neither feed, urinate or drink. In these cases, euthanasia is necessary to avoid a traumatic experience for the loved ones of the patient and to lessen the pains of the patient, and also to avoid wastage of resources. Live is vital, but some lives leave scars on the living, which of course cannot be easily healed.
What do you think?
Source: Wikipedia.


Chinwe O'Brien is a writer and blogger, he is currently running a degree program in English and Literature. His blogs at bettertim..com. He wishes to make the world a better place for all.

According to the dictionary,
Euthanasia : The practice of intentionally and painlessly killing a human being or animal for humane reasons, especially in order to end great suffering or poor quality of life.

Relief : the removal of stress or discomfort.
the feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.

Murder : An act of deliberate killing of another human being.

Hope you can see the connection in btw them all, yes, euthanasia is a relief to that patient who is suffering from an incurable excruciating pain and disease, and its also a murder to that doctor and the patient to take a life that they didn't can't/didn't create.
Don't even forget o, miracle can happen, after the so called patient is dead, a discovery might be made to cure such ailment, now tell me if that happen in the space of a month, how will the doctor feel, how will the family of the patient feel.