World-first organ donation as mum self-administers VAD medication | ABC NEWS
An Australian woman is believed to have become the first person in the world to donate organs after self-administering assisted dying medication.
It’s a landmark precedent that medical experts previously thought was unfeasible.
The woman shared her story with the ABC before her death last year.
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