On May 27 2018, Hayashi wrote a blog post entitled ‘Life saved by Euthanasia’: Hayashi seems to suggest that a person who is considering ending their life because of a condition like ALS, might have better mental health if they don’t “have to hurry and commit suicide.”
“I wanted to forget everything for a while (though I couldn’t do that), so I kept myself in my shell. I can’t do anything, but I just breathe by myself. Are you doing your best? This body is regrettable and dear. But don’t live with this body. I don’t think I’m alive.”
After announcing her intentions to commit suicide it seems that Hayashi felt she was losing friends. On May 9 2018 she published this, of which one possible translation of the blog post title would be ‘There is nothing to fear from the untouched god’:
It has been revealed in interviews that one the suspects nvolved in assisting the suicide of a woman with intractable disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) may have illegally obtained a doctor’s license.
The deceased, a woman aged 51 named Yuri Hayashi, ran a blog and a Twitter account.
Following the arrest of two doctors on Thursday 23 July for allegedly murdering a woman, Yuri Hayashi, who had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, at the patient’s request, Yasuhiko Funago, a member of the political party ‘Reiwa Shinsengumi’ has voiced concerns about the alleged ‘mercy killing’ incident in Kyoto.
The woman paid about 1 million yen account by bank remittance before the incident. The police department is investigating the detailed background to the money transfer.
According to the Kyoto prefectural police department, the two suspects were not the woman’s attending doctors and were unacquainted with her. They apparently got to know each other through social media.
Interviews with investigators revealed that the police arrested two doctors in Miyagi prefecture and Tokyo on suspicion of murder. Interviews with investigators revealed that they had arrest warrants for two doctors.
Barrier Free Japan