Chile 's government on Thursday rejected a plea from 14-year-old Valentina Maureira to be euthanized . The girl was diagnosed with cancer in January and has been undergoing chemotherapy for the past two years at her home hospital in Santiago, Chile's Health Ministry said.
Chile 's government on Thursday rejected a plea from 14-year-old Valentina Maureira to be euthanized . Maurerira suffers from cystic fibrosis , and watched her older brother die from the disease when he was just 6-years-old . She said in a video that she wanted ' a shot that will make me sleep forever '