Content warning: This podcast contains discussion about organ donation and voluntary-assisted dying that some listeners may find distressing. Listener discretion is advised.
On the latest episode of Digging Deeper, Shepparton News journalist Bree Harding speaks to Dean Gladigau about his wife, Karen, who donated her organs after she died of motor neurone disease last year.
To be able to donate her organs, Karen had to book a date to die.
Four unknown recipients were the beneficiaries of her selfless gifts, which saved their lives at the end of hers.
You can read the full story here and listen to the interview below:
Lifeline: 13 11 14, www.lifeline.org.au
For more information on organ donation: www.donatelife.gov.au
For more information on motor neurone disease: www.mndaustralia.org.au