The parting of life and death is the most tragic thing in the world, but death is a natural law that no one can escape, and it does not matter whether it is the end of life, we can often hear the news of suicide in some areas, which makes people regret these lives and at the same time can't help but think: What kind of pain can make these people not even fear death?
Among the many causes of death, they are perhaps the most suffering from illness, they are seriously ill, unable to take care of themselves, unable to endure the torment of illness, so they prefer to die.
Japanese woman Mina Kojima chose to euthanize voluntarily because she could not bear the suffering caused by the illness. In 1967, Kojima Mina was born into an ordinary family in Japan, and when her parents divorced from childhood, she grew up healthily under the care and love of her two sisters, and the incompleteness of the family did not leave any psychological shadow on the young Kojima Mina.
After graduating from high school, she went to South Korea to study at Seoul National University, and since graduating to Japan, she has been working in Korean translation, relying on her overseas study experience and solid language skills, she has received an enviable salary.
Kojima Mina is an independent and excellent woman, there is naturally no shortage of suitors around her, but she has no feeling for these suitors in her heart, so she chose to live alone, and has not been married since then, naturally there are no children, after the 40th birthday, Kojima Mina, who no longer has hope for marriage, has the idea of adopting children.
So she decided to volunteer at a children's welfare home, and when the time was right, she would adopt an orphan and raise her as her own child, which would fulfill her desire to be a mother and reassure her sisters.
Although the two sisters were not satisfied with Kojima Mina's decision, they were well aware of their sister's personality and were afraid that they would not follow their own advice, so they agreed to Kojima Mina's approach.
If the plan goes smoothly, Kojima Mina's life may go on in an ordinary way, but no one expected that misfortune would creep in at this time.
One day in 2015, 48-year-old Mina Kojima felt some discomfort and went to the hospital for a test, but the test gave her a sunny day, that is, she was diagnosed with multisystem atrophy.
This is a disease that cannot be completely cured by current medical means, in the early stage of the disease, the patient's muscles will gradually atrophy and lose the ability to move, and as the disease worsens, the patient will lose the ability to eat, and can only rely on ventilators and gastric tubes to eat.
People with this disease can only stay in the hospital bed and wait for death, which is unacceptable to Mina Kojima, who has always been very independent, but survival is a human instinct, and at this time she still wants to live, so she tries to fight the disease, but all in vain.
Perhaps the most painful thing in life is that like Mina Kojima, she knows that she has no hope, she experiences the pain of losing consciousness and unable to stand on her legs, but when she gradually gets used to life without legs, her hands also lose flexibility, and even later it is very difficult to even say a word.
Kojima Mina had also thought of committing suicide, but she did not succeed in suicide because her hands were no longer strong. In 2018, Mina Kojima's illness worsened again, and she did not want to be like a wasted person in bed with a ventilator to maintain her life, so after careful consideration, she chose euthanasia.
The two sisters were naturally very sad when they learned of their sister's decision, and they did not want to lose their sister, but they also understood that this might be the best choice for their sister.
Although Japan also approved of euthanasia, Mina Kojima's situation did not meet the conditions for euthanasia in Japan, so she had to look for suitable euthanasia institutions around the world, and eventually a Swiss institution accepted her application.
So Kojima Mina, accompanied by her two older sisters, came to Switzerland to prepare for euthanasia, and the three sisters talked all night before euthanasia.
On the second day, the staff handed the infusion tube switch to Kojima Mina, and after turning on the switch by hand, after only 4 minutes, Kojima Mina closed her eyes forever, and her last words in the world were to say thank you to her two sisters.
If it is not too painful to live, who will choose to die voluntarily? The endless torment from the illness makes Kojima Mina desperate, and death may be the best relief for her, and perhaps for other patients in the world who endure the torment of illness, getting rid of pain is also the salvation of life.