Video: I have tinnitus and I want to die

Gaby Olthuis suffered from constant noise in her head, ‘like a train screeching or someone scratching their nails on a blackboard’.

To end her suffering, she was given a lethal potion to drink by a doctor from a clinic set up to help people who want to die.

This documentary with English subtitles was made by television programme De Monitor and was filmed a few weeks before her death.

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