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Voluntary Assisted Dying has been operating in the ACT for a year. A nurse who administers the substance talks about a patient's last moments.

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00:00There's always a little bit of anxiety and and pent-up expectation of what's going to happen
00:05but as we've been there together for an hour or so before the person has taken the substance
00:15then you know those sort of anxieties and those all those questions and concerns have been
00:21addressed and we can have some more time to for them to reminisce to spend really good quality
00:29time one-on-one as a group with the with the person and then there's more of a sense of
00:36a of peace
00:37as they are taking the substance as they are losing consciousness and then eventually dying so
00:47I think it's all about being with the person with the families with whoever that might be to make sure
00:57that you're not necessarily part of it but you're there to support it and you're there to support
01:06a really important time in all of their lives and able to ensure that they feel safe in that moment
01:20so
01:21you
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