Overview
- Emergency teams found Francesc Augé alive but dazed at his Vallirana home after an attempted suicide on Sunday and he is now hospitalized under psychiatric care.
- Augé has waited about 768 days for an assisted death that a Catalan commission authorized in 2024 but that was suspended by legal challenges.
- His father first won the right to challenge the authorization in the regional court and the dispute reached the Supreme Court before the father withdrew his opposition in late August.
- Despite the family's withdrawal, judges have not reactivated the procedure and the case must return to the contentious court in Barcelona, leaving the euthanasia stalled.
- The Supreme Court ruled in May that relatives can, in certain cases, appeal assisted-death approvals and urged procedural reform, a backdrop that critics say helps explain the prolonged delay and rising calls to speed up clear timelines.