Sir Michael Cullen has been given months to live and is urging New Zealanders to support the End of Life Choice Act. Photo: NZ HeraldFormer deputy prime minister Sir Michael Cullen says when he reaches the final stages of terminal lung cancer he wants to decide when the time is right. I do not want my only choice being to die in a near-comatose state on morphine, which has been administered knowing it will shorten my life anyway," Cullen said. Cullen today - on Daffodil Day - announced he is publicly supporting the End of Life Choice Act and the Yes for Compassion campaign. Cullen, 75, was told unexpectedly in March he had stage four small cell lung cancer while doctors were looking for what they thought might be a heart problem.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 28, 2020 01:30 UTC